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Marty Hench’s third outing is his origin story, tightly interwoven with the early years of the personal computer revolution. In the late 1970s, Marty fell in love, first with the early Apple computers, and then with the possibilities that even the first versions of spreadsheets made possible. So he left Boston for San Francisco, following a friend and looking for a job in the Wild West days of the industry. Instead of a job, he finds an underfunded start-up and a righteous quest to take down a pyramid scheme masquerading as a computer company. He also puts his friends in danger, gets beaten up by gangsters, and manages to both win and lose—as he often does.
VERDICT Told with wit and verve, this is the portrait of the old raconteur and rabble-rouser as a young man and will charm readers who enjoyed Marty’s previous outings. It’s also a fascinating portrayal of the early wild and woolly days of Silicon Valley, as seen from the perspective of someone in the trenches at the start of it all. Highly recommended for readers of the series and anyone fascinated by the era.
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