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sandin954
sandin954 rated it 12 years ago
This was supposed to be a mix of horror and humor but the whole thing fell a bit flat for me. I've enjoyed the author's work before but this, his first novel, just did not really come together. Listened to the audio version which was read by Oliver Wyman who did a great job and kept me listening.
Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it 12 years ago
This was a very different take on leadership, and one that I wish more companies would consider.The first-person narrator goes to visit an orchestra and, during the visit, starts to see things that the maestro/conductor does that might be helpful to him as a C-level officer. He gets some things wro...
Bookloving writer
Bookloving writer rated it 12 years ago
Some bits were quite exciting, but the sexism bothered me a lot. So did the absence of personal computers, the internet and mobile phones, though I guess it isn't fair to expect that from a book written in the early 1960's.
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 13 years ago
Exquisitely written, desperately honest memoir that was incredibly difficult to read. I had to keep walking away, but I kept coming back for more. I am coming away from this wanting to read every word Wolff ever wrote, right away. He's so penetratingly analytical, so able to distance himself from hi...
EricaO
EricaO rated it 14 years ago
Being American, and all, I know I'm not very cognizant of my country's past. At least, that's what I thought. While I don't have dates and names memorized, I was surprised at how much of the information in this book I had remembered from those long ago school days.This was a nice refresher course, t...
Ko
Ko rated it 16 years ago
The book gets 5 stars, the audiobook gets 1.Go buy the print book, but do NOT listen to this sing-song, idiotic, evisceration of a truly splendid novel. The only way the narrator could be worse is if he dressed up in purple tights and sang it to a Gilbert and Sullivan score. What a horrible disappoi...
Clif's Book World
Clif's Book World rated it 16 years ago
Hot, Flat and Crowded can be translated as climate change, globalization, and population growth. This book is a followup to the author's best-selling The World Is Flat, a book about globalization of business. This book examines how globalization can continue in a way that doesn't doom the world du...
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