Happiness Ltd.
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (749 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0967492246 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
governs countries like a business: keeping its customers happy, squashing competition, and covering up bad news with a smile. Nelson and Celia try to escape, but are charged with economic terrorism and put on trial for their lives.. The world's biggest corporations have united to form the first global nation, promising a new era of prosperity. HAPPINESS LTD. But when star employee Nelson Young falls in love with Celia, a disenfranchised rebel, he becomes a liability. Happiness Ltd. is a darkly comic thriller with a chilling vision of our consumer culture's future
. Michael McGhee is the pen name of a former investigative journalist who now writes speeches for a company that must not be named. He covered Wall Street for many years, where he observed some of the best and worst traits of human behavior. For more than twenty years, he has spent mornings writing fiction. He is married with two children and lives in New York City
--Melanie J. is in McGhee s clear prose and the depth of this dystopian future. McGhee traces actions to their logical conclusions, sometimes with humorous effects. The novel s consumerism premise is quite believable and described as almost inevitable, which adds to the excitement of the novel. Seeing how various characters navigate the world is fascinating and allows readers to explore with them. A highly original and gripping novel, this is also a frightening commentary on overarching governmental control, with just enough plausibility to be terrifying. It is a frightening wakeup call to an American society that could easily move in that direction. Cordova, Santa Fe Writers Project Journal, June 23, 2014 . --Publishers WeeklyIf you wonder if Edward Snowden's revelations ma
Happiness Ltd. reminds me of The Hunger Games but Happiness Ltd. reminds me of The Hunger Games but written for adults. This book is very relevant to the times we live in now.. Deserves to enter the elite company of important futuristic novels Trudie Barreras "Happiness Ltd." By Michael McGhee thoroughly deserves to enter the elite company of truly important futuristic novels like "Brave New World" and my own personal favorite, "The Fifth Sacred Thing" by Starhawk. What makes this book chillingly impressive is that one doesn't have to stretch credulity a bit to extrapolate from present trends to the ul. Idea-driven skewering of ultra-capitalism Tung Yin (I received a complimentary copy of this novel directly from the publisher at the author's request.)"Happiness Ltd" is a book of allegorical ideas, not unlike "1984" as other reviewers have noted (or perhaps Huxley's "Brave New World"), though it's not quite as unrelentingly bleak as Orwell's masterpiece. This novel posits a near-future where capi