CORPORATE AMERICA... And it's the 2020s. America three major
exports are streaming videos, righteous opiate pharmaceuticals and
cheeseburgers. China, with controlling interest, won't let us start
a war with Costa Rica Fox News has been made the fourth branch of
government. Lottery winners now opt for alcohol in lieu of
dollars... MEGALOMART... Is the world's largest corporation. Its
parking lots lay waste to whole counties. The owner just bought
Kansas because he wanted a larger 'side' yard. The US Navy rents
out Megalomart aircraft carriers. This juggernaut is the heir
apparent - for all intents and purposes - of the new 'Corporate'
America. Could world domination be far off? It is if you've made
the mistake of hiring Jake Gillis... Jake's old fashioned, he finds
the grinding, crushing, suffocating inhumanity that passes for
'business-as-usual' in Corporate America troubling. Don't get him
started on Megalomart, Inc., - a corporation so crazy its neuroses
have psychoses... Jake slaves away at Megalomart Gas (MGS) - a
wholly owned subsidiary of Megalomart and the world's largest gas
station. There are so many gas bays the furthest can't be seen
without binoculars from the store. The convenience store - six
stories tall - contains the world's smallest Indian casino. The gas
bay overhang is so massive it creates its own micro-weather as
reported on the nightly local news. Gas prices fluctuate so wildly
the station's electronic reader boards flicker wildly. The
mathematical algorithms governing how MGS determines the
price-per-gallon at any given moment were written by former AIG
derivatives managers and are managed by on-site AI computers. Shop
lifting and drive away gas theft are so common MGS has it's own
on-site judicial system, manned by moonlighting district court
employees. Now, that fickle bitch Fate has brought Gillis, Lord
Burton and Johnny 2Good together - for what cosmic scheme no mortal
knows. These three, through cunning and guile are just trying to
scratch out a living here at Gulag, Inc. To make life just a bit
easier for them and their's in the Land of Corp. And it's just that
talent for scheming and conniving that's so impressive... But even
Fate hadn't counted on how utterly bizarre 21st Century 'Corporate'
America had become. This might take awhile...
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2011 |
First published: |
2011 |
Authors: |
J.M. Harrison
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
204 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4565-0312-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4565-0312-X |
Barcode: |
9781456503123 |
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