The Efficiency Expert is a 1921 novella by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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 novella by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs