&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Efficiency_Expert-novel.jpg) Cover of first book edition, 1966 | |
| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Frank Frazetta |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | House of Greystoke |
Publication date | 1966 (original magazine publication 1921) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 84 |
| OCLC | N/A |
| N/A | |
| LC Class | N/A |
The Efficiency Expert is a 1921 novella by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. 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 book is remarkable for the criminal livelihoods of the hero's friends. It was also admitted to be a fictionalization of Burroughs' own difficulties in finding a job prior to becoming a best-selling writer. Though written in 1919, it was first published in the October 1921 edition of the All-Story Weekly magazine. The first book publication was by House of Greystoke in 1966.