Review: Very well-written; great for light reading
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2013
The marketing world has never been this interesting...or this funny.Peter, the main character, does "road shows" for the software company he works for; essentially, he's a traveling salesman. He travels the country, meeting and shaking hands with over a million people, all the while hopelessly enamored with his (married) boss but unable to tell her. That's a setup that promises adventures and misadventures, and this book delivers.Peter's world is full of hi-jinks and funny little moments, from taxi drivers who work around the clock courtesy of adult diapers to getting revenge on a rude competitor by using his e-mail address to subscribe to hundreds of gay porn sites. There are also moments that are heartwarming or sad, mostly related to his unrequited love interest, Tatiana. At several points in the book, he can be found detailing to the reader all of the tips and tricks that have made him the massively successful roadshow man that he is today.This is a fairly short book that's broken into chapters that are often nearly self-contained, which makes it ideal for occasional reading.