Analyst Session
by Terence Gallagher
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Pub Date 18 Oct 2020 | Archive Date 14 Dec 2020
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Description
What would you do for love?
Andrew Sweeney is a computer systems analyst for the Metropolitan Electricity Board in London. Early in his marriage it becomes clear to him that his wife Deirdre enjoys the good things of life – a characteristic that Andrew’s salary cannot support. Then an opportunity at work presents a solution to his problem. Andrew rigs the computer billing program to siphon off funds for his own use.
It’s ten years later. The fraud has successfully financed a comfortable lifestyle for his wife. Andrew is threatened with exposure when the new Managing Director of the company implements a ‘State of the Art’ replacement computer system. Seriously flawed, the system threatens not only Andrew’s world, its impact is felt all the way to 10 Downing Street, where the prime minister will find himself fighting for political survival.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798693739086 |
| PRICE | £7.99 (GBP) |
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Featured Reviews
Mark F, Reviewer
Firstly got to say ‘Analyst Session’ is not a great title for a book, it’s just not, I decided to give it a go as is based in the 80’s and liked the cover but the book has way more to offer than ‘Analyst Session’ would conjure up
Basically a fairly timid man Andrew has been syphoning off money ( cleverly in pennies but that has led to millions ) from his job at the newly formed ‘ Metropolitan Electricity Board’ in London, this comes to light and it is then a race to see if he is discovered before he can ‘get away with it’, Deirdre his ‘lover of good times and costly items’ wife has no idea, however in the end plays a blinder to help her hubby out.
As well as this the story is ( by way of a link story ) also part Govt based and a story based around a rebellion within the Tory Party which sees the P.M. fighting to retain his title.
It works, in so much as the 2 stories fit together and gel and run between themselves to make one ‘big story’
The characters are downplayed in the main except for Deirdre and although did form opinions on them they didn’t take away from the plot
The 80’s is more background in this story than ‘front of house’ and I wonder if this was because in 2020 the fraud would have been detected almost immediately?
Some of the conversations between characters raised an eyebrow and maybe considered a bit ‘clunky’ and some of the explanation on how computer systems work eye watering in their detail, however this was a book of great premise that did, in the main, follow through and am glad gave it a chance and enjoyed it
7/10
4 Stars
Robin P, Reviewer
None of us like paying our electricity bills, do we. But we like it even less when we get cut off. I didn't expect to like this book half as much as I do.
It's the 1980s. Britain's being privatized by a Tory government and no-one's happy. The Metropolitan Electricity Board make such a mess of a new billing system that people are dying of hyperthermia.
The plot moves along at a relentless pace and Andrew Sweeney and his glamorous wife, Deirdre are great characters. There are poignant thought-provoking moments and moments of hilarity as the author pokes fun at the way we used to live.
