Is that satire? I can't tell, but I don't think it's meant to be that.<p>There's no justification for the assertion that "A good theorem should read like a good novel." Why can't it read like a good travelogue or biography ... or ballad, for that matter?<p>Then again, I can't watch Hitchcock films - I can't stand contrived suspense.<p>For what it's worth, one of the rank top detective series in the US is/was Columbo. Quoting from Wikipedia:<p>> Almost every episode begins by showing the commission of the crime and its perpetrator; the series therefore has no "whodunit" element. The plot revolves mainly around how the perpetrator, whose identity is already known to the audience, will finally be caught and exposed.<p>So it seems that the suspense could be in figuring out how the details go together, and don't require keeping the end-goals hidden.