{"product_id":"the-appetite-factory-9781684428700","title":"The Appetite Factory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn all-too-familiar dystopia where public perception precedes reality and our identities are defined by what we consume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs head of the crisis management team at a Madison Avenue PR firm, Leonard Lundell spends his days counseling executives whose reputations have been ruined by scandal. But Leonard has been managing a strange and debilitating crisis of his own that’s held him captive his entire adult life: Leonard likes to eat soap, pencils, paint chips—anything with no nutritional value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, he’s kept his compulsion hidden behind a professional veneer. But when he signs an important client, an antisocial file clerk unwittingly discovers Leonard’s secret and blackmails him into accommodating her own bizarre culinary indulgences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA picaresque set against the backdrop of Madison Avenue’s marketing machine in the months leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, \u003ci\u003eThe Appetite Factory\u003c\/i\u003e examines the earliest days of our post-truth era, where a scandal-obsessed news cycle and social media’s rise as an information platform have given birth to a culture addicted to recreational outrage and hell-bent on finding the next public figure to disgrace to keep ourselves entertained. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An immaculately constructed transgressive thriller (fans of Palahniuk will rejoice) . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Appetite Factory\u003c\/i\u003e was my favorite book of the year.” \u003cb\u003e—Gabriel Hart, \u003ci\u003eLitReactor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Appetite Factory\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant satire that draws a bulls-eye on multiple targets—mindless consumption, outrage culture, corporate dystopia, the post-truth era—and then hits each one with deadly accuracy. The fact that it's so well-written on top of that elevates it to must-read status.” \u003cb\u003e—Rob Hart, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paradox Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cautionary tale? Satire? An unflinching look at the ways we manipulate each other? All of the above. If Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh had a baby—after watching \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSwallow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSecretary\u003c\/i\u003e—it might look something like this.”\u003cb\u003e —Richard Thomas, author of \u003ci\u003eSpontaneous Human Combustion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Appetite Factory \u003c\/i\u003elays bare the cynicism of modern media damage control, where any disaster can be spun to someone’s advantage, and Jon Gingerich does it all with scalpel-sharp prose and searing wit.” \u003cb\u003e—Craig Clevenger, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Contortionist's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turner Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020298649943,"sku":"9781684428700","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781684428700.jpg?v=1750783020","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-appetite-factory-9781684428700","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}