Who Moved My Blackberry?,Used

Review A book that is much funnier than the contents of any actual outbox. "New York Times"If there is any justice in the world, this book should become an instant classic. "Financial Times"Lukes is an hilarious bundle of corporate cliches... A more effective, and certainly more enjoyable indictment of corporate power than a shelfload of anticapitalist, antiglobalization protest books. "Guardian (London)"This funny and perceptive novel cannot be recommended too highly. "Sunday Times (London)" Product Description A compulsively readable, hilarious novel told through the email messages of Martin Lukes. Martin Lukes is a man who is good at taking credit where it isn't due; a man who works hard at personal growth but consistently lets down everyone around him; a man who communicates with his sons by email and fails to notice how smart his wife, Jenny, really is; a manin shortwho loves jargon but totally lacks understanding. About the Author Lucy Kellaway is the management columnist at London's Financial Times. She has become well known for her pointed commentaries on the limitations of modern corporate culture and was named Columnist of the Year at the 2006 British Press Awards.Simon Vance is an awardwinning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.Anna Fields(19652006), winner of more than a dozen Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award in 2004, was one of the most respected narrators in the industry. Trained at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, she was also a director, producer, and technician at her own studio, Cedar House Audio. From AudioFile Using email messages, this epistolary novel recounts the compulsions of Martin Lukes, the archetype of a selfabsorbed, successful professional. Simon Vance has Martin's personality down cold in a spirited performance that takes Martin as seriously as he takes himself. Vance draws out Martin's superficially earnest tone when giving advice to subordinates, his dripping ambition in professional dealings, and his total ineptitude in personal interactions. Anna Fields provides delightful comic relief with her presentation of Martin's life coach, whose exercises for Martin and cheerleading aphorisms are as superficial as he is. Vance and Fields portray the fast pace of a corporate world dominated by Blackberries, with its shallow interactions and demands for instant gratification. J.E.M. AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine Copyright AudioFile, Portland, Maine