Jennifer Government

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Jacket review

'Brilliant and hilarious' NAOMI KLEIN, author of NO LOGO. 'A total blast ... funny and clever' NEW YORK TIMES 'Frightening and funny ... a riotous satirical rant' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 'Wicked and wonderful' THE WASHINGTON POST 'The most fun you'll find in a book store this year' TIME OUT, NEW YORK

UK Kirkus review

Described as 'a wickedly funny satire on globalisation and marketing hype', this novel will certainly be enjoyed by readers who like a lot of action and shooting underpinned with wry self-knowing humour. It's not so hard to imagine the world run by giant American corporations where entire continents are described as USA countries and where everyone changes their name to that of their country. Marketing is the only career to have in this free market paradise and this is the bait John Nike and John Nike use to persuade Hack Nike (a lowly merchandising officer) to shoot teenagers to establish 'street cred' for a new line of trainers. Hack's conscience leads him to confess to the police who offer to do the job for him, and thus starts a nightmare of chase and betrayal. His unemployed girlfriend discovers the means to destroy the giant corporations, but she too has her price. Meanwhile top Government agent Jennifer is onto him and so is her ex, who is on his own mission of madness and will stop at nothing, even killing his own daughter, to satisfy his ambitions. You can't help but smile as the bad guys fall over their own foibles and the good guys get it wrong a lot. The innocent and the incompetent do manage to float to the top but there are passages of violence in the book, although they have a kind of comic-book reality. Altogether, a clever and entertaining futuristic farce. (Kirkus UK)

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