King of the Mississippi : a novel
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London ; Hogarth, [2019].
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Published
London ; Hogarth, [2019].
Format
Book
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246 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English

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King of the Mississippi is an incisive, uproarious dissection of contemporary male vanity and delusion, centered around a "war" for dominance of a prestigious Houston consulting firm. On one side of the conflict is Brock Wharton, an old money ex-jock whose delight in telling clients to downsize is matched only by his firm conviction that people like himself deserve to run the world. On the other is Mike Fink, a newly hired wily former soldier trying to ride his veteran status to the top of a corporate world that lionizes "the troops" without truly understanding them. Brock and Mike are mortal enemies on sight, bitterly divided not only by background and class but by diametrically opposed (yet equally delusional) visions of what it means to "be a man." And as their escalating conflict spirals out of control, it will take them all the way from the hidebound boardrooms and gladiatorial football fields of Texas to the vapid and self-serving upper echelon of Silicon Valley, to the corporatized battlefield of Iraq, all the while serving as a ruthlessly funny takedown of the vacuity and empty machismo of corporate life and alpha-male culture in modern America -- from Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Freedman, M. (2019). King of the Mississippi: a novel (First edition.). Hogarth.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Freedman, Mike. 2019. King of the Mississippi: A Novel. Hogarth.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Freedman, Mike. King of the Mississippi: A Novel Hogarth, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Freedman, Mike. King of the Mississippi: A Novel First edition., Hogarth, 2019.

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