Reading this also reminds me of Balzac's Lost Illusions. I highly recommend it to anybody who thinks that what's going on is anything new: http://en.wikipedia.

Reading this also reminds me of Balzac's Lost Illusions. I highly recommend it to anybody who thinks that what's going on is anything new: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusions_perdues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusions_perdues http://www.salon.com/2005/08/08/balzac/ http://www.salon.com/2005/08/08/balzac/