Dick is what we’d call a loser. He has no luck in anything; love, work, or just plain life. He hates his name, which if I were named that, I would too in this day and age. But nonetheless, Dick decides to apply for a job at a major telecommunication company. He has no real goals and he really doesn’t expect to get a job.
But, he’s hired. Dick has a very dry sense of humor, and gets his kicks where he can. He decides to play a practical joke and issues a memo to the press about how the company is looking to buy a meat company. Say what?! The next day, the place is bursting with press wanting to know why the company wants to buy a meat company. The CEO plays off the joke and tries to capitalize on it buy promoting Dick to the Meat Manager and urging him to go buy a meat company. Meanwhile, the CEO hopes the stock rises.
While the humor is dry and sometimes laugh-out loud jolly good humor, the storyline is hard to grasp. Almost every other chapter introduces a new character and before you really learn what in tarnation is going on, another one is introduced. The characters of Dick and his friend Lennie really interact well together and their dialogue cracked me up. While the premise is good, the reader really needs to stay involved to keep up.
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