Our hero, Jimmy Torrance, Jr., has a hard time finding suitable employment after a brilliant (athletically, at least) college career, despite all kinds of assistance from his friends in the underworld and the wealthy and sophisticated young woman with whom he falls in love. Set in contemporary America, mostly Chicago, this 1921 short novel is one of a handful of Burrough’s works that does not take us to a fantasy or an exotic setting. (Delmar H. Dolbier)

Latest episodes of the podcast The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs

• 01 - Jimmy Torrance, Jr.
• 02 - Jimmy Will Accept A Position
• 03 - The Lizard
• 04 - Jimmy Hunts a Job
• 05 - Jimmy Lands One
• 06 - Harold Plays the Raven
• 07 - Jobless Again
• 08 - Bread From the Waters
• 09 - Harold Sits in a Game
• 10 - At Feinheimer's
• 11 - Christmas Eve
• 12 - Up Or Down?
• 13 - Harriet Philosophizes
• 14 - In Again - Out Again
• 15 - Little Eva
• 16 - Jimmy Throws a Bluff
• 17 - Jimmy on the Job
• 18 - The Efficiency Expert
• 19 - Plotting
• 20 - An Invitation to Dine
• 21 - Jimmy Tells the Truth
• 22 - A Letter From Murray
• 23 - Laid Up
• 24 - In the Toils
• 25 - Circumstantial Evidence
• 26 - 'The Only Friends He Has'
• 27 - The Trial
• 28 - The Verdict