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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 World Taxation 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."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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"Wicked and wonderful. . . . [It] does just about everything right. Fast-moving, funny and involving."--The Washington Post Book World
"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 "May be the most fun you'll find in a bookstore this year. . . . Full of wit, humor and imagination, Jennifer Government ultimately pulls off its over-the-top conceit."--Time Out New York "A riotous satirical rant. . . . [Its characters'] excesses . . . make Barry's world of unregulated corporate greed and unrelenting consumerism so frightening and funny."--Entertainment Weekly "The plot rockets forward on hyperdrive . . . fresh and very clever."--The Boston Globe "[A] devilish satire that made me laugh out loud."--Dick Adler, The Chicago TribuneBook Description
Described by Naomi Klein as 'Brilliant and hilarious', JENNIFER GOVERNMENT is a wickedly funny thriller for the NO LOGO generation.
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- PublisherKnopf Publishing Group
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1400030927
- ISBN 13 9781400030927
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages321
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