Love and Obsession in Chicago

The stories deal with the toll caused by love and obsession. Inthe first story, labeled MEKTOUB (WRITTEN), a woman becomes obsessed withher daughter’s lover. Fate, which brought her to this obsessive state, results in disaster.In the second story, labeled SHAME, a middle-aged curator falls in lovewith his sister-in-law. He sees his life shattered by his own irrationalactions. His life will go on, delivered, but with shame.In the third story, labeled CONJUGAL BLUES, a man is called on tosolve the murders of homeless men as well as the problem of thedisappearance of his wife and thwart the actions of a group benton destroying a landmark. The story resounds to the throbbingbeat of Chicago blues as it explores the dark sides of conjugal love

Author Biography

Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui, Ph.D, MBA is an emeritus professor of business at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of more than 72 books in accounting, finance and economics, with some of them translated in French, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian and Farsi. He is also a prolific author of articles published the major academic accounting, finance and economic journals. He was the founding editor of THE REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE and served on numerous editorial boards of academic business journals. Professor Riahi-Belkaoui has lectured and continue to lecture and consult all over the world.