Company: A Novel

With broad strokes, Barry once again satirizes corporate America in his third caustic novel (after "Jennifer Government"). This time, he takes aim at the perennial corporate crime of turning people into cogs in a machine. Unabridged. 7 CDs.

The New York Times - Janet Maslin

In a book dedicated to Hewlett-Packard, which once made the silly, silly mistake of employing Mr. Barry, the secrets and lies of corporate culture are explored with sharp, absurdist precision. Joseph Heller did it better, but not by much. Mr. Barry, an Australian writer with a mad gleam and a college education in marketing, invents a rats' nest of warring departments and scheming, back-biting employees, all manipulated by a Senior Management staff of exceptional ruthlessness.

Max Barry is an Australian, for which he apologizes. He is the author of the cult hit "Syrup," although he spelled his name "Maxx" for that novel "because it seemed like a funny joke about marketing, and I failed to realize everyone would assume I was a pretentious asshole." He was born on March 18, 1973 and lives in Melbourne, Australia, where he writes full-time, the advantage being that he can do it while wearing only boxer shorts.

William Dufris have extensive experience on stage and screen.