num_pages: 321
description: A wickedly satirical and outrageous thriller about globalization and marketing hype,  Jennifer Government  is the best novel in the world ever."Funny and clever.... A kind of ad-world version of Dr. Strangelove.... [Barry] unleashes enough wit and surprise to make his story a total blast." -- The New York Times Book Review"Wicked and wonderful.... [It] does just about everything right.... Fast-moving, funny, involving." -- The Washington Post Book WorldTaxation has been abolished, the government has been privatized, and employees take the surname of the company they work for. It's a brave new corporate world, but you don't want to be caught without a platinum credit card--as lowly Merchandising Officer Hack Nike is about to find out. Trapped into building street cred for a new line of $2500 sneakers by shooting customers, Hack attracts the barcode-tattooed eye of the legendary Jennifer Government. A stressed-out single mom, corporate watchdog, and government agent who has to rustle up funding before she's allowed to fight crime, Jennifer Government is holding a closing down sale--and everything must go.
language: English
title: Jennifer Government
titlecomplete: Jennifer Government
characters: Hack Nike, Jennifer Government
genres: Science Fiction, Humor, Thriller, Science Fiction Fantasy, Cyberpunk, Fiction, Politics, Dystopia, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 14726
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Lincoln Award
publisher: Vintage