Title: King of the Mississippi
Description: King of the Mississippi is an incisive, uproarious dissection of contemporary male vanity and delusion, centered around a "war" for dominance of a prestigious Houston consulting firm. On one side of the conflict is Brock Wharton, an old money ex-jock whose delight in telling clients to downsize is matched only by his firm conviction that people like himself deserve to run the world. On the other is Mike Fink, a newly hired wily former soldier trying to ride his veteran status to the top of a corporate world that lionizes "the troops" without truly understanding them.
Subjects: Fiction, satire, Irony, FICTION / Satire, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Humorous / General, Consultants, Psychology, Consulting firms, Corporate culture, Dominance (Psychology), Interpersonal conflict, Manners and customs, Masculinity