US Reviews
2003 Borders Original Voices Award: Finalist
"Has you on the edge of your seat from the very beginning... a compelling
story about consumerism, greed, and the people who try to survive in between."
USA Today
"The most fun you'll find in
a bookstore this year"
TimeOut New York
"A total blast... funny and clever"
Notable Book 2003
The New York Times Book Review
"Brilliant and hilarious"
Naomi Klein, author 'No Logo'
"Does just about everything right... wicked and wonderful, fast-moving and
funny"
Washington Post
"Refreshingly creative and
unique... rip-roaring, action-packed, off-the-wall"
Booklist
"Extremely funny... Barry is a
smart writer with a Cassandra's gift for dark-edged prognostication"
Time Magazine
"Frightening and funny... a riotous satirical rant"
Entertainment Weekly
"Searing... hilarious...
a thoroughly modern tale in the tradition of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley"
Book Magazine
"Catch-22 by way of The
Matrix"
Kirkus Reviews
"Fresh and very clever...
plenty entertaining"
The Boston Globe
"Without a doubt,
the best book I have read in a long time"
Dennis Widmyer, ChuckPalahniuk.net
"Very cool...
wonderfully dark"
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Darkly hilarious"
San Diego Union-Tribune
"Barry's
got a snap and crackle few pop novelists can muster, let alone match"
Bully Magazine
"Both funny and on target"
Las Vegas Mercury
"Will hold up as one of 2003's best reads... whiplash action with sharp, and
often hilarious, social commentary"
HippoPress
"Electrifying... once you pick it up, you won't put it down"
About.com
"An
anarchic and witty satire of the culture of lifestyle marketing... a novel of both action
and insight"
Spoiled Ink
"Smartass punky satire for the late capitalist era"
Amazon.com
"Corporations take a body
slam... riotous parody"
Bookpage
"Barry never allows the pace to falter"
The Fort Myers News-Press
"Deftly humorous... as entertaining as it is thought-provoking"
The Seattle Times
"You weren't expecting anything ordinary from the author of Syrup,
were you?"
Library Journal
British & Irish Reviews
"A brilliant novel ...
funny and cutting by turns, Jennifer Government is an essential addition to any bookcase"
Dreamwatch
"Hits its targets with
unerring accuracy and wit... moves with a verve and pace that makes it one of the reads of
the summer"
Time Out
"Breathtakingly assured...
funny, exciting, touching and thought-provoking"
The Leeds Guide
"Unforgiving satire"
The Times
"A fast-paced, page-turning thriller... deliciously wicked and subversive...
Barry choreographs the action with a dexterity that's on a par with Elmore Leonard"
The Independent on Sunday
"A fast read peppered with neat gags... a combination of action movie and
farce"
The Independent
"Caustically funny... chillingly possible"
The Observor
"A riveting page-turner
and irresistible smile inducer... strong on dialogue, paced like a runaway thriller, and
with endearingly eccentric or deliciously dark characters, Jennifer Government is
Max Barry's considerably lighter version of 1984"
Irish Examiner
"Frighteningly good... the racy
plot is gripping from twisted start to terrifying finish"
Venue
"Fast paced and
hitting all the right buttons... the moments of over the top humour are a delight"
The Third Alternative
"Vitriolic... about as
topical as you could imagine... enormous fun"
The Big Issue in the North
"Satire at its very
best... one of the superior offerings of 2003"
The Evening Herald (Ireland)
"A fast-paced and funny debut"
The Big Issue
"Barry's comic touch
never fails"
Sleazenation
"A blackly comic novel with
a hilariously absurd plot... terrific fun!"
Starburst
"Packed with inventive ideas... if
contemporary SF is to aspire to anything more than lame shoot-em-ups and fanboy wish
fulfillment, this is exactly the nettle writers ought to be grasping"
SFX
"A wicked slab of satire... very
funny - read it before the writs come flooding in"
Arena
"No Logo rewritten as a
funny, touching work of fiction"
FHM
"A new breed of socially
aware thriller, with all the action, humour and adventure you could ever hope for"
Waterstone's SF & Horror
"Destined to become a cult classic"
The Bookseller
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