The Efficiency Expert is a 1921 short novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The first book publication was by House of Greystoke in 1966..
Though written in 1919, it was first published in the October 1921 edition of the All-Story Weekly magazine.
It was also admitted to be a fictionalization of Burroughs\' own difficulties in finding a job prior to becoming a best-selling writer.
The book is remarkable for the criminal livelihoods of the hero\'s friends.
One of a small number of Burroughs\' novels set in contemporary America as opposed to a fantasy universe, The Efficiency Expert follows the adventures of Jimmy Torrance as he attempts to make a career for himself in 1921 Chicago.
The Efficiency Expert is a 1921 short novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs