Jennifer Government
Books | Fiction / Satire
3.8
(100)
Max Barry
A wickedly satirical and outrageous thriller about globalization and marketing hype, Jennifer Government is the best novel in the world ever."Funny and clever.... A kind of ad-world version of Dr. Strangelove.... [Barry] unleashes enough wit and surprise to make his story a total blast." --The New York Times Book Review"Wicked and wonderful.... [It] does just about everything right.... Fast-moving, funny, involving." --The Washington Post Book WorldTaxation has been abolished, the government has been privatized, and employees take the surname of the company they work for. It's a brave new corporate world, but you don't want to be caught without a platinum credit card--as lowly Merchandising Officer Hack Nike is about to find out. Trapped into building street cred for a new line of $2500 sneakers by shooting customers, Hack attracts the barcode-tattooed eye of the legendary Jennifer Government. A stressed-out single mom, corporate watchdog, and government agent who has to rustle up funding before she's allowed to fight crime, Jennifer Government is holding a closing down sale--and everything must go.
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Author
Max Barry
Pages
336
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2004-01-06
ISBN
140007634X 9781400076345
Ratings
Google: 4
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Unknown
"In the future your last name becomes that of the company you work for. "
Autumn Frymark
"It's a great book about how much corporate America can own you without realizing it. A really amazing book"
Jason Skywalker
"Dude, I totally got the point after about ten pages. Talk about beating a dead horse."
Amanda Ebbutt
"A few parts are a little outdated now (the mall is pretty important, the internet plays a fairly minor role), but this still seems like a frighteningly relevant story for today."
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