But, Harvey Metcalfe has hundreds and thousands of shares and now he’s made a profit. He then sells his shares and then the price of Prospecta Oil shares, goes crashing down. And so, Stephen, Robin, James and Jean-Pierre are nearly bankrupt.
After the Prospecta Oil catastrophe, Stephen, Robin, James and Jean-Pierre, decide to get revenge on David Kesler. They realise later on, that Harvey Metcalfe was the culprit and not David Kesler. So after a few months later, the four create a plan on how to get their money back from Harvey Metcalfe.
The four, make friends with Harvey Metcalfe and they do magnanimous favours for him and then Harvey Metcalfe rewards them with large sum cheques. So fortunately, Stephen, Robin, James and Jean-Pierre got their money and they took not a penny more, not a penny less.
Characters:
1. Harvey Metcalfe – is the main character of the whole story. I thought that he was very resourceful and combatant in the world of business. He also enjoyed tormented people, financially. Harvey Metcalfe, was a man, who hated to fall short. But with his attitude, he became a very successful businessman and he had a great family, which is commendable.
2. Stephen – is a man, who was very poignant and had studied very hard. He was successful at high school, college and university. The only setback about Stephen, is that he fell for Harvey Metcalfe’s trap, which was to buy “promising” Prospecta Oil shares. But, he was the brain of the whole group, on
how to get their money back from Harvey Metcalfe and it was a successful idea too.
Events:
1. Harvey Metcalfe’s plan.
This is when Harvey Metcalfe arranges a plan to use members of the public to make a profit. Harvey Metcalfe tells David Kesler to encourage the public to buy the Prospecta Oil shares. This is really the commencing of the story. This part of the story is significant, because this is the start of a sneaky and clever plan and the story is about this major plan.
2. Stephen, Robin, James and Jean-Pierre’s plan.
This is the time, when the four have arranged to get their money back of Harvey Metcalfe. It’s to meet him and start talking to him and making friends with him. Then they had to do big favours for Harvey and hopefully, Harvey will pay them back. Fortunately, the plan is successful. This part of the story is important, because it’s the turning
point of the story, because the four are now taking money from Harvey Metcalfe and it’s a major part on getting revenge on Harvey Metcalfe.
What did you enjoy most about the book?
I enjoyed the detail in main, exciting points and most of the book was pretty clear to understand. I also liked the characters’ attitudes, because they were so real to London life. I thought that the vocabulary was spread out in many forms and ways.
What did you enjoy least about it?
I thought that there were too many numbers involved in simple happenings with shares and I thought that the chapters were too small.
Write a short review of the book. Include a creative headline for the review.
Headline:
“JEFFREY ARCHER’S BOOK, RELEASES THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE.”
Jeffrey Archer releases the tricks of the trade, in this book called, “Not a penny more, Not a penny less.” It situated in central London and it shows how easy, somebody can get used and made bankrupt. It shows the brains of the business world a business world and the not so good brains of the business world. If you want real fraud and real bankruptcy, then read this shocking, but a clever masterpiece.
