The Billionaire's Game

The Billionaire's Game works on the premise that a group of extremely wealthy and bored individuals develop a game in which they compete in trying to manipulate selected targets to perform crazy, demeaning behaviors. Both the hero and heroine of the novel are targets. They must each conquer tremendous obstacles as they try to figure out whether they can trust each other, their friends, and the meaning of every event in their lives. The Billionaire's Game is frighteningly plausible and realistic. In fact, there is a question about whether it should be classified as fiction or nonfiction. Careful readers will find the conclusion highly unsettling. They will realize that we can never be certain of anything. "Fred Leavitt's special brilliance is convincing us that our 'betters' are not that smart after all. Leavitt bulldozes various philosophical constructs, then merrily guides us through the wreckage - without ever condescending to the reader. He gradually convinces us that we are as clever as he is, and that is quite clever indeed." -