false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182141593m/1236260.jpg 1236260 3 Lloyd seems like a good guy. He's got an average wife, two kids, $200,000 a year with perks, plus a nice dog named Steve. But what happens to Lloyd when he starts to climb the corporate ladder? <I>Lloyd--What Happened : A Novel of Business </I> is the story of the modern corporate workplace--its greed, politics, affairs, drugs, groveling cohorts, graphs, and dietary habits. <I>Fortune</I> magazine columnist Stanley Bing follows Lloyd month-by-month in his pursuit to reengineer his company and pull off one of the biggest deals ever (we're never quite sure what the deal is exactly).<p> Bing is at his best when describing Lloyd's many idiosyncrasies: what he buys when grocery shopping, his love of his dog Steve, his appraisal of various beers. For example: "There was Foster's lager, which was average beer but came in an enormous can, which was not something to be sneezed at. When one's wife said, 'How many beers have you had?' on the cusp of driving off to someplace social of an early evening, the honest Foster's husband could say 'One!' and not be criticized, even though that one beer was the equivalent of two gigantic tankards of lusty ale." <p> <I>Lloyd</I> includes a portfolio of full-color presentations chock full of business clip art that graphs everything from the "Number of Laughs Enjoyed in Lloyd's Corporation As a Function of Profit Growth" and "Suit Size As a Function of Income/Vodka Consumption" to an examination of "What Lloyd Eats" and a summary of Lloyd's travels in Germany. If you enjoyed Stanley Bing in <I>Esquire</I> and <I>Fortune</I>, then you'll find that <I>Lloyd</I> is a must read. Bing's good humor captures many of the follies of business life that most readers will recognize and appreciate. --<I>Harry C. Edwards</I> 1224892 1998 Lloyd: What Happened: A Novel of Business total:20|5:3|4:5|3:9|2:1|1:2| 20 66 32 5 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 28 16:48:54 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 21 17:04:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 08:51:25 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 08:52:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Dec 15 19:30:42 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 19:31:38 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Thu Dec 27 07:24:43 -0800 2007 Thu Oct 04 10:07:08 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 10:08:15 -0700 2007 1 0 false false Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 17:13:53 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 17:26:54 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 16:33:33 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 16:33:38 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 14:12:50 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 14:12:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 09 15:38:08 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 15:38:08 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 25 17:26:29 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 17:26:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 18 06:50:24 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 06:50:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 03 16:16:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 18:07:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:27:28 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:48:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:14:40 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 00:14:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 21 11:18:33 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 11:18:33 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 01:49:49 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 01:49:49 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 22 09:36:56 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 09:36:56 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Sat Nov 01 11:32:51 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 11:32:51 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Oct 26 18:10:05 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 18:10:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Oct 11 14:10:39 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 14:10:39 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jul 29 13:40:26 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 13:40:26 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1236260