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"In Max Barry's twisted, hilarious vision of the near future, the world is run by giant American corporations (except for a few deluded holdouts like the French); taxes are illegal; employees take the last names of the companies they work for; The Police and The NRA are publicly-traded security firms; the U.S. government may only investigate crimes if they can bill a citizen directly. It's a free market paradise! Hack Nike is a lowly Merchandising Officer who's not very good at negotiating his salary. So when John Nike and John Nike, executives from the promised land of Marketing, offer him a contract, he signs without reading it. Unfortunately, Hack's new contract involves shooting teenagers to build up street cred for Nike's new line of $2,500 sneakers. Scared, Hack goes to The Police, who assume he's asking for a subcontracting deal and lease the assassinations to the NRA. Soon Hack finds himself pursued by Jennifer Government, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a rabid determination to nail John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike). In a world where your job title means everything, the most cherished possession is a platinum credit card, and advertising jingles give way to automatic weapons in the fight for market share, Jennifer Government is the consumer watchdog from hell." - Publisher blurb http://www.loc.gov/ sighted 31/7/07
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Epigraph: ... a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government. Thomas Jefferson, 1801.
With money we will get men, Ceasar said, and with men we will get money. Thomas Jefferson, 1784.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Strange Way with Words
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 March 2008; (p. 10) -
'Capitalism' Unbound in Max Barry's Jennifer Govenment
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Foundation : The International Review of Science Fiction , Spring vol. 36 no. 99 2007; (p. 63-77) -
Love in the Time of Damnation
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2003; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Slow Water 2003 single work novel ; Misconceptions 2003 single work novel ; The Girl in the Golden House 2003 single work novel ; Jennifer Government : A Novel 2003 single work novel -
Paperbacks
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 13 July 2003; (p. 18)
— Review of Fantastic Street 2003 single work novel ; Jennifer Government : A Novel 2003 single work novel -
Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 May 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Jennifer Government : A Novel 2003 single work novel
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Market for Fiction of Future
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 May 2003; (p. 7)
— Review of Jennifer Government : A Novel 2003 single work novel -
Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 May 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Jennifer Government : A Novel 2003 single work novel -
Paperbacks
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 13 July 2003; (p. 18)
— Review of Fantastic Street 2003 single work novel ; Jennifer Government : A Novel 2003 single work novel -
Love in the Time of Damnation
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2003; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Slow Water 2003 single work novel ; Misconceptions 2003 single work novel ; The Girl in the Golden House 2003 single work novel ; Jennifer Government : A Novel 2003 single work novel -
I'm Famous : Read Me
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 January 2003; (p. 7) -
Strange Way with Words
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 March 2008; (p. 10) -
'Capitalism' Unbound in Max Barry's Jennifer Govenment
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Foundation : The International Review of Science Fiction , Spring vol. 36 no. 99 2007; (p. 63-77)
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted Australian Book Review Fan Poll
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