Jon reviewed Jennifer Government by Max Barry
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4 stars
What a fun romp through an alternate reality!
Paperback, 336 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2004 by Vintage.
In Barry's twisted, hilarious vision of the near future, the world is run by giant American corporations and employees take the last name of the companies they work for. Hot on the trail of John Nike, an executive from the land of Marketing, is agent Jennifer Government, the consumer watchdog from hell.
In Barry's twisted, hilarious vision of the near future, the world is run by giant American corporations and employees take the last name of the companies they work for. Hot on the trail of John Nike, an executive from the land of Marketing, is agent Jennifer Government, the consumer watchdog from hell.
Pentapod reviewed Jennifer Government by Max Barry
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3 stars
Another reviewer described this book as "diet Neal Stephenson with a twist of Christopher Moore or maybe Tom Robbins" and I have to agree that's pretty much spot on. Rather than Snow Crash's burbclaves, this world has all powerful corporations, and employees simply take their company name as a surname. Thus, when John Nike hires Hack Nike to assassinate some teens in order to drive up the demand for their latest $2500 shoe, Jennifer Government gets on the case and spends the rest of the book tracking down the man responsible, who coincidentally also happens to be her ex. It's a silly almost-noir style chase through a dystopian capitalist extreme, what the world might be like in the wildest dreams of libertarian pro-capitalist gun fanatics. Entertaining though not brilliantly written.
Another reviewer described this book as "diet Neal Stephenson with a twist of Christopher Moore or maybe Tom Robbins" and I have to agree that's pretty much spot on. Rather than Snow Crash's burbclaves, this world has all powerful corporations, and employees simply take their company name as a surname. Thus, when John Nike hires Hack Nike to assassinate some teens in order to drive up the demand for their latest $2500 shoe, Jennifer Government gets on the case and spends the rest of the book tracking down the man responsible, who coincidentally also happens to be her ex. It's a silly almost-noir style chase through a dystopian capitalist extreme, what the world might be like in the wildest dreams of libertarian pro-capitalist gun fanatics. Entertaining though not brilliantly written.
Fraser Alister reviewed Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Review of 'Jennifer Government' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Great bit of near future/satire on corporate society, set in a ultra privatized world where people take on the surnames of the entities they work for.
Ultra Fast paced, breezy style.
YoursTrulee reviewed Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Review of 'Jennifer Government' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The book that launched a thousand UPC bar code tattoos.
Subjects
- Political
- Fiction - General
- Fiction
- Fiction / General
- General