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

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"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

Lightning Rods

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    A Paperback / softback by Helen DeWitt

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      Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9780811220347, 978-0811220347
      ISBN10: 0811220346

      Description

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

      Trade Review
      "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

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