Reviews & Praise
2003 Borders Original Voices Award: Finalist
“The most fun you'll find in a bookstore this year”
“A total blast... funny and clever”
The New York Times Book Review
“Does just about everything right... wicked and wonderful, fast-moving and funny”
“Refreshingly creative and unique... rip-roaring, action-packed, off-the-wall”
“Extremely funny... Barry is a smart writer with a Cassandra's gift for dark-edged prognostication”
“Frightening and funny... a riotous satirical rant”
“Searing... hilarious... a thoroughly modern tale in the tradition of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley”
“Catch-22 by way of The Matrix”
Kirkus Reviews
“Fresh and very clever... plenty entertaining”
“Without a doubt, the best book I have read in a long time”
Dennis Widmyer, ChuckPalahniuk.net
“Very cool... wonderfully dark”
San Diego Union-Tribune
“Barry's got a snap and crackle few pop novelists can muster, let alone match”
“Electrifying... once you pick it up, you won't put it down”
“Smartass punky satire for the late capitalist era”
Amazon.com
“Corporations take a body slam... riotous parody”
“Barry never allows the pace to falter”
“Deftly humorous... as entertaining as it is thought-provoking”
“You weren't expecting anything ordinary from the author of Syrup, were you?”
Library Journal
“Breathtakingly assured... funny, exciting, touching and thought-provoking”
The Leeds Guide
“A fast read peppered with neat gags... a combination of action movie and farce”
“Caustically funny... chillingly possible”
“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”
“Vitriolic... about as topical as you could imagine... enormous fun”
“Satire at its very best... one of the superior offerings of 2003”
“A fast-paced and funny debut”
“Barry's comic touch never fails”
“A blackly comic novel with a hilariously absurd plot... terrific fun!”
Starburst
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”
“Destined to become a cult classic”
The Bookseller