Syrup

By Max Barry,

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After coming up with a million-dollar idea for promoting a new soda, a young neophyte in the cutthroat world of L.A. marketing joins forces with a cold-blooded female manipulator to see their concept to fruition, in a hilarious look at corporate and sexual politics, ambition, and modern life. A first…

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1 author picked Syrup as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Not enough books make me laugh, and this book had me laughing from the start. I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect from it, though. I picked it up because another book by the same author caught my attention, and I thought I should read his earlier books before reading that one. And this book sucked me right into its crazy world.

If there’s a more hilarious way for Scat, the main character, to pursue his dream of being rich in a world full of greedy marketing fiends who are all too willing to stab him in the back over…

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