&ldquo;The Efficiency Expert&ldquo; is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.<br />One of a small number of Burroughs&#39; 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&#39;s friends. It was also admitted to be a fictionalization of Burroughs&#39; own difficulties in finding a job prior to becoming a best-selling writer.