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King of the Mississippi : a novel / Mike Freedman.
Van Pelt Library PS3606.R4427 K56 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freedman, Mike (Army veteran), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irony.
- Consultants--Psychology.
- Consulting firms.
- Corporate culture.
- Dominance (Psychology).
- Interpersonal conflict.
- Manners and customs.
- Masculinity.
- Texas--Houston.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Satirical literature.
- Satire.
- Physical Description:
- 246 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Hogarth, [2019]
- Summary:
- King of the Mississippi is an incisive, uproarious dissection of contemporary male vanity and delusion, centered around a "war" for dominance of a prestigious Houston consulting firm. On one side of the conflict is Brock Wharton, an old money ex-jock whose delight in telling clients to downsize is matched only by his firm conviction that people like himself deserve to run the world. On the other is Mike Fink, a newly hired wily former soldier trying to ride his veteran status to the top of a corporate world that lionizes "the troops" without truly understanding them.
- ISBN:
- 9780525573784
- 052557378X
- OCLC:
- 1041227792
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