Lightning Rods

2 November 2012

Territory Rights — Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.

Helen DeWitt (Author)

Description

From the acclaimed author of The Last Samurai, Lightning Rods is "the most well-executed literary sex comedy" of our time.

Described as “the most well-executed literary sex comedy” of our time by Salon.com, and “a wickedly smart satire that deserves to be a classic” by Bookforum, Helen DeWitt’s Lighting Rods is a novel that will leave you laughing for more. Follow one steady rise to power in corporate America as down-and-out salesman Joe curtails sexual harassment in the office and increases productivity with his mysterious, mind-blowing invention.

Reviews

"A tightly disciplined and extremely funny satire on office politics, sexual politics, American politics, and the art of positive thinking." — The Guardian

"A razor-sharp comic masterpiece." — Financial Times

"Dewitt maintains a strong, clear, narrative voice throughout, pitch-perfectly parodying management speak, corporate culture and self-help bibles." — The Independent

"An absurdist comedy of the American workplace and the indignities faced by employees in today's turbo-capitalism, a quietly seething feminist critique of pornography and the commodification of women, and a category-defying fable about the meaninglessness of success." — Telegraph

"Did DeWitt really go there? Oh yes, she did. " — Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times

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