o.pwuaioc wrote:Just finished Max Barry, Syrup (1999): I read Jennifer Government age ago, and so I figured to finally give this one a go. It's quick (very short chapters, but he makes it work), and incredibly fun. Ideaphoric marketer Scat teams up with a business-savvy Coca-Cola exec to come up with amazing ad campaigns and become rich and famous. Lots of little twists and turns, many of which you see coming but still have you cheering when they come. Max Barry was himself in marketing before turning to writing.
Nemoide wrote:o.pwuaioc wrote:Just finished Max Barry, Syrup (1999): I read Jennifer Government age ago, and so I figured to finally give this one a go. It's quick (very short chapters, but he makes it work), and incredibly fun. Ideaphoric marketer Scat teams up with a business-savvy Coca-Cola exec to come up with amazing ad campaigns and become rich and famous. Lots of little twists and turns, many of which you see coming but still have you cheering when they come. Max Barry was himself in marketing before turning to writing.
Now I want to read Syrup! I've never read a Max Barry book but I remember my friends and I playing a lot of the Jennifer Government spinoff web-game "Nation States" back when I was in college.
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