false 2869277 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg 38401 8 2704 2006 Company total:1049|5:175|4:400|3:341|2:112|1:21| 1049 3743 1422 187 18741 3.66 3781 556 9782412 175635 538988 0385514395 9780385514392 108 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657m/538988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538988.Company_A_Novel 3.57 1 4 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 16:53:05 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 17:52:44 -0800 2007
Anyone who has worked anywhere in the last 20 years will recognise, with some pain, stuff written here - the nightmares of quality improvement plans, the language mangling this is ‘mission statements’ and the feeling that work has beco...more...]]> 2254397 146952 1021976 140015202X 9781400152025 3 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180300478m/1021976.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1021976.Company 3.57 4 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 09:44:29 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:21:04 -0800 2009
Narrated by: William Dufris

There have been various comments about this reader…either love him or hate him. I happily align with the former.

Since there are many other sources for a review of the...more...]]> 75018820 1177534 538988 0385514395 9780385514392 108 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657m/538988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538988.Company_A_Novel 3.57 3 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 19 09:05:09 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:05:25 -0700 2009
If the premise sounds absurd, you’re right. But just like the corporate world, a single dougnut brings about the decline and fall of a company. It serves as a catalyst for the absurd...more...]]> 45461775 1008236 538988 0385514395 9780385514392 108 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657m/538988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538988.Company_A_Novel 3.57 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:45:09 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:45:09 -0800 2009 Barry, an Australian writer, cut his teeth at Hewlett-Packard, and he's never been the same since. As Entertainment Weekly points out, his third novel owes a debt to The Office, The Truman Show, Animal Farm, and The Fountainhead, among others. Yet Company is truly Barry's own absurd satire on office...

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From the jacket blurb: Stephen Jones is a shiny new hire at Zephyr Holdings. From the outside, Zephyr is just another bland corporate monolith, but behind its glass doors business is far from usual: the beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as a...more...]]> 71011479 1548580 6856363 192121564 97819215643 4 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1252807781m/6856363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6856363-company 3.57 4 0 false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 19:09:52 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 22:32:57 -0700 2009
The story is about...more...]]> 43150945 1857329 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 4 0 false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 12:33:23 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 19:04:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41280384 563277 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 4 0 false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:07:47 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 14:31:06 -0800 2008 Part of me frankly wondered if I in fact actually do have a real job. Reorganizations are par for the course as are unexplained a...more...]]> 49780174 1492430 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 3 0 false Thu Mar 19 11:09:56 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 13:27:13 -0700 2009 Jennifer Government, Barry is particularly adept at skewering corporate greed and those who make their living (if it can be called that) feeding the corporate dragon. Our hero, a new employee named Stephen Jones who is recently out of business school, joins the Sales Team at Z...more...]]> 38686473 1752430 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 5 0 false Mon Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Nov 26 07:19:28 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:19:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 31880111 1489432 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 0 0 false Tue Sep 02 21:27:14 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 01 14:23:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 29757645 879591 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 3 0 false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 08:38:45 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 08:46:08 -0700 2008
The book opens with a guy named Jones getting a new position at a company named Zephyr. The company - and his department in particular - is completely dysfunctiona...more...]]> 9855691 653338 538988 0385514395 9780385514392 108 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175631657m/538988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/538988.Company_A_Novel 3.57 4 0 false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 02 17:59:23 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 20 06:14:28 -0800 2008 Originally read: June 2006

I've enjoyed Barry's other books, particularly Syrup, but this is his best and my favorite. A satire of corporate culture that will resonate with cube-dwellers everywhere.

"You don't get to be manager of a sales depar...more...]]> 6649142 34677 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 09:38:31 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 09:49:26 -0700 2007 Jennifer Government, and he does it again here in Company. Jones is a new hire at Zephry Holdings, who is ba...more...]]> 79449688 303764 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 3 0 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 14:58:12 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 08:35:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1159116 36747 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 3 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 05:57:57 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 06:02:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 65375181 688794 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 5 0 false Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 29 03:02:27 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 03:02:27 -0700 2009
It's funny, smart, and VERY irreverant. If there...more...]]> 770144 62704 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 3 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 22:28:24 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 12:50:21 -0700 2007
Interesting look a...more...]]> 31688842 1479520 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 4 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 18:50:04 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 18:50:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 22599480 1000591 38401 1400079373 9781400079377 931 155 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169151982m/38401.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38401.Company 3.57 3 0 false Mon May 19 23:53:16 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 23:59:32 -0700 2008
Additional note: Life imitates art. My company moved to a new building a few months ago. We ...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2869277