Martin Dressler
The Tale of an American Dreamer

Martin Dressler is a book about an American dream or, to be more precise, about a man dreaming a big American dream. Martin Dressler dreams to rival God and to create his own perfect world within the God’s big imperfect world… Imagine two stones – gray, smooth, flattish: small enough to hold comfort......more

I was underwhelmed by Martin Dressler. I felt his character was one-dimensional and was not enamored with either Caroline or Emma. The descriptions of Manhattan and Brooklyn in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are certainly interesting and this is what saved the book for this reviewer from a 2......more

A cautionary tale for ambitious people, because who likes ambitious people? Not me. I can best describe it as kind of like Atlas Shrugged, but you know, the complete opposite, so good. Also, it's short. So if you hated Atlas Shrugged—and there are plenty of reasons to hate Atlas Shrugged—you'll prob......more

The first time I picked this up I devoured it, like the meal you begin eating simply because it is placed before you, but which tastes so good you cannot stop until you have finished it. When I put the book down I had to spend several minutes trying to figure out where I was. As it turns out, I happ......more

It's about work, and fairly unglamorous work at that, hotel construction and management. How dull is that? I'd say a reading of over 90 on the dullometer. But then the hotels which the hero builds get ever more elaborate and weirder and the book shimmies into magical realism which is a thing where y......more