Reviews
American Reviews
LA Times: One of the Best Books of the Year
“A rollicking debut... perfectly executed... funny and fast”
Kirkus Reviews
“(A) terrific comic novel... charming and hilarious”
Booklist (starred review)
“Seductively hip... wickedly funny”
“Grab this book... fun, strong, and satisfying”
“One of the funniest, hippest, and all-round entertaining novels I've read”
“Satisfyingly revenge-driven, full of scary marketing tips, and fizzy as Fukk”
“Will have readers nodding in agreement and quoting it to their friends”
“ Hilarious... Barry has a deft ear for dialogue and a sharp-honed wit”
“A fast-paced tour through... corporate America”
“Scathingly funny”
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Australian Reviews
“Barry is a brilliant new talent, and this is a wonderful first novel”
Campaign
“Hurtles along at breakneck speed... genuinely hip”
Who Weekly
“Snappy prose, hale humour and (a) left-field approach”
The Australian
New Weekly
“A satire of Hollywood proportions... a big dipper of a plot and hilarious characters”
“Insanely fast-paced and unpredictable... highly entertaining”
Cream
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
“An impressive debut... hip and clever... a perfect send-up”
FHM
“Savage satire... a punchy, witty yarn”
Adelaide Advertiser
“Racy... a sardonic case study on the industry that rules our lives”
Herald-Sun
“A suspenseful tale through the shallow marketing world”
Minni
“Sharp and funny... clearly a writer to watch”
Canberra Sunday Times