Status
Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
Macmillan Audio (2004), Edition: Abridged
Description
Adam Cassidy is twenty-six and a low-level employee at a high-tech corporation who hates his job. When he manipulates the system to do something nice for a friend, he finds himself charged with a crime. Corporate Security gives him a choice: prison--or become a spy in the headquarters of their chief competitor, Trion Systems. When he tries to break off from his controllers, he finds he's in way over his head, trapped in a world in which nothing is as it seems and no one can really be trusted. And then the real nightmare begins--
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I decided to try out Joseph Finder based on an talk I heard that had him discussing the business world with Malcolm Gladwell. This book, the first I found in the library, was OK, but not great. Based on the talk with Gladwell, I'll give him a second chance, but under normal circumstances I
The problem I had with this work was that I hated the narrator. I guess he was supposed to come across as street-smart, cool and sophisticated, but to me he came across as a complete a-hole. Given this, I wasn't really interested in how he resolved his problems since my preferred solution would have been for him to have been caught and thrown in prison for the rest of his life.
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wouldn't. The problem I had with this work was that I hated the narrator. I guess he was supposed to come across as street-smart, cool and sophisticated, but to me he came across as a complete a-hole. Given this, I wasn't really interested in how he resolved his problems since my preferred solution would have been for him to have been caught and thrown in prison for the rest of his life.
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Awards
Golden Headset (2004)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
1559279834 / 9781559279833