The Long Short Cut is a 192-page novel by English author Paul Winterton using the pseudonym Andrew Garve.

[1][2] Anthony Bliss and his glamorous collaborator Corinne Lake use a chance event to develop a money-making scheme.

Actually, he has worked out a plan to use the police protection as a means of helping a crooked financier to jump bail and get out of the country, and expects to be well paid for it.

[2][3] The text was 10 point in size and put together in the form of a full page displayed on a high resolution cathode ray tube.

The increased speed of the new electronic method brought down the cost considerably and was an economic advantage to the book publisher.