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Jennifer Government

A Novel

By Max Barry

By Max Barry

By Max Barry

By Max Barry

By Max Barry
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Category: Fiction

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Paperback $16.95

Jan 06, 2004 | ISBN 9781400030927

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Jan 06, 2004 | ISBN 9781400076345

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Jan 21, 2003 | 292 Minutes

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Oct 17, 2002 | 550 Minutes

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    About Jennifer Government

    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.

    About Jennifer Government

    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.

    About Jennifer Government

    Jennifer Government is Here to Help!

    In Max Barry’s twisted, hilarious vision of the near future, the world is run by giant American corporations (except for a few deluded holdouts like the French); taxes are illegal; employees take the last names of the companies they work for; The Police and The NRA are publicly-traded security firms; the U.S. government may only investigate crimes if they can bill a citizen directly. It’s a free market paradise!

    Hack Nike is a lowly Merchandising Officer who’s not very good at negotiating his salary. So when John Nike and John Nike, executives from the promised land of Marketing, offer him a contract, he signs without reading it. Unfortunately, Hack’s new contract involves shooting teenagers to build up street cred for Nike’s new line of $2,500 sneakers. Scared, Hack goes to The Police, who assume he’s asking for a subcontracting deal and lease the assassinations to the NRA.

    Soon Hack finds himself pursued by Jennifer Government, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a rabid determination to nail John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike). In a world where your job title means everything, the most cherished possession is a platinum credit card, and advertising jingles give way to automatic weapons in the fight for market share, Jennifer Government is the consumer watchdog from hell.

    Jennifer Government is the kind of novel that can become a byword–a Catch-22 for the New World Order, a satire both broad and pointed, deeply funny and disturbingly on-target.

    About Jennifer Government

    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.

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    About Max Barry

    Max Barry is the author of numerous novels, including Company, Machine Man, and Lexicon. He is also the developer of the online nation simulation game NationStates. Prior to his writing career, Barry worked at tech giant HP. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife… More about Max Barry

    About Max Barry

    Max Barry is the author of numerous novels, including Company, Machine Man, and Lexicon. He is also the developer of the online nation simulation game NationStates. Prior to his writing career, Barry worked at tech giant HP. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife… More about Max Barry

    About Max Barry

    Max Barry is the author of numerous novels, including Company, Machine Man, and Lexicon. He is also the developer of the online nation simulation game NationStates. Prior to his writing career, Barry worked at tech giant HP. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife… More about Max Barry

    About Max Barry

    Max Barry is the author of numerous novels, including Company, Machine Man, and Lexicon. He is also the developer of the online nation simulation game NationStates. Prior to his writing career, Barry worked at tech giant HP. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife… More about Max Barry

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 06, 2004 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400030927

    Category: Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 06, 2004 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9781400076345

    Category: Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $13.95
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 21, 2003 | 292 Minutes | ISBN 9780739302378

    Category: Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 17, 2002 | 550 Minutes | ISBN 9780736696975
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    Praise

    "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 Tribune

    Awards

    Booklist Editor’s Choice for Young Adults WINNER

    School Library Journal Adult Books for Young Adults WINNER

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