Later authors, such as Richard Florida, have tried to examine the demise of "organisation man" and the rise of the creative class, but nobody matches Whyte's ability to mix detailed anecdotes with broad generalisations.Drucker was the doyen of management gurus a man who kept up a stream of insightful commentary on business from the 1940s until his death in 2005.
At times closely following the Austen template, at times departing from it, the book mixes details that evoke Austen with ones that are studiously modern.
Shenker mixes details of the events that landed presidents Mubarak and his Islamist successor Morsi in prison with a first-hand view of the country since the return of the strongman era – with Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Morsi's defence minister, now president.
While sitting in a chair, Ms. Steinberg mixes details from her own life with text from a speech by Helen Prejean (her book "Dead Man Walking" was adapted for a film by Tim Robbins), which touches on subjects like what happens when a body is prepared for execution.
The book is an autobiography, mixing details about Mr. Paternot's childhood and his forays into New York night life with a first-person take on the financial cycle that became almost a rite of passage for Internet start-ups: getting financing, going public, watching the stock price skyrocket, watching it drop.
The survey sought information on clinic frequency, staff, case-mix, details of brain and carotid artery imaging, medical and surgical treatments.
The descriptions of characters' appearances do veer towards chick-lit, but novelist Sheila Agnew (a well-travelled ex-lawyer) mixes detail – who ate which delicacy from which deli – with an unexpected riveting denouement.
