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American Weather
Charles McLeod
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Description for American Weather
Paperback. Jim Haskin is forty years old. He runs his own San Francisco ad firm, American Weather. AmWe's image is green and forward-looking: if your product is upcycled or hydro or vegan, they'll make you an ad. Behind the scenes, though, Jim supports the old captains of American industry; bleach, beer, guns. But all is not well. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 217.
Meet Jim Haskin. He's forty years old. He's worth around thirty-five million. He runs his own San Francisco ad firm, American Weather. AmWe's image is green and forward-looking: if your product is upcycled, or hydro or vegan, they'll make you an ad. However, behind the scenes, Jim supports the old captains of American industry: bleach, beer, guns.
One day Jim is asked to come up with something extra-special. The scheme he devises brings together a Death Row inmate, pay-per-view television, and most of America's largest corporations.
Everything is set for it to be his greatest achievement ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099542223
SKU
V9780099542223
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99-30
About Charles McLeod
Charles McLeod's fiction has appeared in publications including Conjunctions, DOSSIER, Five Chapters, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, and on Salon. A Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia, he has also received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and San Jose State University, where he was a Steinbeck ... Read more
Reviews for American Weather
A strident satire on the American-dream-turned-nightmare... The writing is sharp and clever
Guardian
Charles McLeod’s writing is very special...crisp and rhythmical, sometimes almost poetic... Bright and sparky
William Leith
Evening Standard
A strong, original voice and sharp wit
Irish Examiner
Raucous, so original... Stunningly good writing... Scorching humour
Eleanor Henderson, author of ... Read more
Guardian
Charles McLeod’s writing is very special...crisp and rhythmical, sometimes almost poetic... Bright and sparky
William Leith
Evening Standard
A strong, original voice and sharp wit
Irish Examiner
Raucous, so original... Stunningly good writing... Scorching humour
Eleanor Henderson, author of ... Read more