Martin Lukes: Who Move - Softcover

Kellaway, Lucy K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241952204 ISBN 13: 9780241952207

Publisher: Fig Tree, 2012

Synopsis

Lucy Kellaway, author of In Office Hours, invites you into the world of Martin Lukes, Marketing Director and adopter of every corporate fad going, in her astutely observed and wickedly funny office satire Martin Lukes: Who Moved My Blackberry? Meet Martin Lukes, Director of Marketing, A&B Global (UK) A year in the life of an A-playing brand ambassador suspended halfway up the corporate ladder. Must be read with a can-do headset. 'Enormously funny, touching...should become an instant classic' Financial Times 'Acutely and hilariously observed' Evening Standard 'Hilarious' Sunday Times Management Columnist for the Financial Times, Lucy Kellaway, lampoons modern corporate culture in her two novels: Martin Lukes: Who Moved My Blackberry? and In Office Hours. You can follow Lucy on Twitter @lucykellaway or on her Financial Times blog and podcast.

About this title

About the Author:

Lucy Kellaway is the FT's management columnist. She lives in London and is married with four children. Her second novel, In Office Hours, is available from Penguin now.

From AudioFile:

Using email messages, this epistolary novel recounts the compulsions of Martin Lukes, the archetype of a self-absorbed, 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

About this edition

• Publisher: Fig Tree
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0241952204
• ISBN 13: 9780241952207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384