Company - Max Barry

A hilarious, if barely far-fetched, romp through a modern company. I loved his previous book, Jennifer Government, which I had hoped was going to be made into a movie.

In Company, the protagonist is the newest hire in marketing for a large company. But no one appears to know what the company does - other than live in fear of "Senior Management." Senior Management is constantly reorganizing things.

At one point, sales reps are scrambling to convince their customers to order fewer products because they are afraid one rep got sacked for making too many commissions.

At Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but does no apparent work. One of the sales reps uses relationship books as sales manuals, and another is on the warpath because somebody stole his donut.

Quite a few laugh-out-loud moments. You need a break from a frustrating job? Read this puppy.