Jennifer Government by Barry, Max - 2003

NY: Doubleday, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Collectible - Near Fine/VeryGood. 6"x8.5". 321 pgs. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line; Green boards, black spine w/metallic green lettering. Jacket design by Michael J. Windsor; jacket photo by Scott Cunningham/Nonstock; jacket illus. by Michael J. Windsor and Shasti O'Leary; mapp illus. by Michael J. Windsor. Book clean with no markings throughout. Jacket has mild shelfwear including bumping to edges and some light color aging. Spine straight and binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. "In the horrifying, satirical near future of Max Barry's Jennifer Government, American corporations literally rule the world. Everyone takes his employer's name as his last name; once-autonomous nations as far-flung as Australia belong to the USA; and the National Rifle Association is not just a worldwide corporation, it's a hot, publicly traded stock. Hack Nike, a hapless employee seeking advancement, signs a multipage contract and then reads it. He discovers he's agreed to assassinate kids purchasing Nike's new line of athletic shoes, a stealth marketing maneuver designed to increase sales. And the dreaded government agent Jennifer Government is after him..."-Goodreads.