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Loading... 13,99 euros (2000)by Frédéric Beigbeder
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 1   Kindlegohome | Feb 23, 2015 |  We follow the adventures of a publicity hotshot called Octave, who is writing down his story in an attempt to get fired from his job. Everything he does to get himself fired backfires though, resulting in a promotion, big bonuses and bigger contracts. It's a world where vile slogans get rewarded, where manipulation is key to succes and, more importantly, the world we all live in today. There's also a more romantic side to the story. Octave is trying to escape. He doesn't really know how he is supposed to go about that, but still. There's some really nice French in here. This book is dangerous, but essential. Beigbeder is a writer pur sang - go check it out. (  ) WorldInColour | Oct 12, 2013 | I didn't care for all sides of main characters personality. The rich life and drug use came to me as cheap American Psycho rip-off. Overall I liked this book and bought it after finishing library copy in a day. ( ) markohei | Apr 1, 2012 |  )1 adulau | Oct 7, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
The story of Octave, one of the new Masters of the Universe; Octave seems to have everything going for him: a good mind, a great job in advertising, a lavish apartment, girls, and a cocaine habit he can afford. But it soon becomes clear that he also has a serious problem with his life. From the moment when he storms out of the offices of a lucrative client after daubing the word 'pigs' all over the walls with his own blood things begin to spiral dangerously out of control. The top men in advertising? They've already started the third world war he claims. This belief inevitably spurs him on from violent words to violent deeds, stopping at nothing - not even murder. Beigbeder plays the investigative journalist and the philosopher as much as the novelist, and gives us the confessions of a disillusioned child of the millenium. Half fiction, half diatribe, there's also a great deal of brilliant humour and hilarity in this expose of advertising and universal consumerism. An explosive subject and one of the most caustic authors of his generation make pound]9.99 a truly unforgettable read. No library descriptions found. |
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Fictional Auto biography style book about advertising mogul with coke habit
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