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Barry's delightful first novel delivers a charming and hilarious send-up of the wicked world of marketing. The action is set at the almost obscenely gigantic Coca-Cola Company in L.A., home to all things shallow and greedy. Young Scat, whose main goal in life is to become famous, has ruled out acting or being a rock star. The alternative, he concludes, is to be very young and very rich. To that end, he comes up with a brilliant idea for a new cola, which is promptly stolen by his roommate, Sneaky Pete, a character you truly love to hate. Sneaky Pete beats Scat at every turn and begins a meteoric rise to the top of the marketing empire at Coke, leaving Scat with only one hope for victory (and revenge): the beautiful 6, a cool operator who tortures Scat like a cat with a mouse. If this were a movie, Mike Myers would undoubtedly play both Scat and his Asian nemesis, Sneaky Pete. But don't wait for the movie. This terrific comic novel is certain to provoke as many belly laughs in print as it might one day on screen. Jenny McLarin
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A rollicking debut about a cola marketing campaign that takes on Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and corporate America in one perfectly executed triple play. Although publicity and marketing are popularly associated with the advertising mavens of New York, those in the know understand them as peculiarly West Coast enterprisesand our narrator Scat is nothing if not in the know. Marketing is like LA, he explains. Its like a gorgeous, brainless, model in LA. A gorgeous, brainless model on cocaine having sex drinking Perrier in LA. In other words: Image beats reality every time. Scat (n Michael George Holloway) has a well-developed taste for sharkmeat, but even he finds himself continually brought up short by the venalities of the trade. Desperate to get a foot in some door or other, he asks his old classmate Sneaky Pete for an introduction to the New Products Manager at Coca-Colaan old friend of Sneaky Petes named 6. 6 [sic] can only spare 30 seconds of face time with Scat, but thats enough for him to pitch his idea: New cola product. Black can. Called Fukk [sic]. 6 falls madly in love with the conceptand Scat falls madly in love with 6 (despite her ice-cold exterior and her self-proclaimed lesbianism)and the two get right down to the business of throwing together a presentation. Fukk Cola becomes very hot, very quickly, so much so that the idea is stolen even before its pitched to the Coca-Cola brass, with the result that 6 loses her job and Scat loses his rights to the concept before it's a week old. But neither is the sort to say die, and they team up once more to create the most expensive commercial advertisement ever made: a $140-million feature film about Coca-Cola starring Tom Cruise and Gwyneth Paltrow. Can two twentysomething has-beens turn defeat into failure? Can they at least find true love? This is Hollywood, after all. A bit too slick, but funny and fast all the same: about as filling as cotton candy, but just as sweet going down. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Brilliant satire. Not just laugh out loud funny but laugh so hard you wake the neighbors funny. I kept having to tell people the premise of the book so I'd be able to share my some hilarious joke with them. Silly for sure, but so clever.
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Not only did Syrup manage to make me laugh out loud in the first chapter, I read it with a permanent smirk and certainly didn't want to put it down.
Having been a victim of advertising many a time, I gained great satisfaction at this comical and satirical look at the lengths Scat, '6' and Sneaky Pete go to in order to create the ultimate consumer product. Especially amusing are their antics to try and stay a step ahead of their knife-you-in-the-back peers.
While fun was poked at the marketing industry by often showing the stereotypically shallow side of marketing execs, the eccentricities of each character added to the humour and entertainment value of the novel.
All in all, a fantastic read!
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Australian Max Barry has captured the absurdity of American corporate marketing in this humorous novel about Scat, a young man desperate to cash in one of his million dollar ideas. When his concept for an ultra-cool cola called Fukk leaves Scat homeless and penniless, the fun begins. Told in short punchy scenes reminiscent of 30-second television spots, this novel has a lively, page turning pace. If you enjoy cultural satire and fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek humor, this book is for you.
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Slick and savvy
This book is slick and savvy -- probably just like Donald Trump's boogers. So funny, I laughed so hard I almost wet my britches, but luckily, I read in the bathtub, so it didn't... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Februar 2000 von L. Kraus
Wicked Funny
Maxx Barry is excellent. I certainly hope he writes again. I couldn't put this book down. If you are in marketing (or just get a kick out of marketing) you will love his biting... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Februar 2000 von JRB
Funky!
This is a great read - I really couldn't put it down. Have given it to a few friends and they think the same. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Januar 2000 von ASM
Learn the rule of threes, Maxx
This book is an annoying read. The rule of threes in fiction states that after the same behavior is repeated twice, the third time needs to be a payoff. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Riveting AND Inspiring!
This is the kind of book that high school seniors and college kids should read, whether they're stoner slacker waiting to get asked to the prom or 4.0s at MIT. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Wow wow wow wow.
I received this book as a gift from a friend, and well now I need to raid my friend's bookshelf to see what else he's got. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Dezember 1999 von Adam B
Good Slurpin'
This book is unreal; i have never read anything else like it. The first scenario is one of the most amusing things i have ever read - i even tell my friends about it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Dezember 1999 von ATLien
WOW!
Not to rush to judgement, but I bought this book the other day, right ? I take it home, put on some Rick James (you know, some light readin' music) and I'm reading away. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Dezember 1999 von CHARLIE BETTS (DrGroovie@aol.com)
An amusing look at the evils of marketing
"Syrup" takes all the perils of the corporate world and throws them upon its self-named hero, Scat, one by one. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. November 1999 von Matthew Cuthbert
Burp
'Syrup' starts off strong, but quickly loses its fizz. The characters are great, but the story is just so ridiculous and completely removed from reality, that it ruins whatever... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. November 1999 veröffentlicht
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