The Company Man [Mass Market Paperback]

Joe Clifford Faust (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 327 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey; First Edition edition (September 12, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345352424
• ISBN-13: 978-0345352422
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,865,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joe Clifford Faust was born in North Dakota, raised in Alberta and Wyoming, went to college in Oklahoma, and now lives in Ohio. He has been married for more than thirty years to the same woman, has two adult children, and has worked at a local advertising agency since 1997.

When not writing, he can be found ministering to his Church family, eating chili, badly singing and playing original songs on the guitar, playing wargames, and reading books on his Kindle.

He is currently at work on his next novel, which he says, "May involve either UFOs, amnesia, or dogs. I haven't decided which."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, June 30, 1999

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This review is from: The Company Man (Mass Market Paperback)

I read the Angel's Luck Trilogy while in college and immediately went on a search for this book. It took seven years of searching, but as soon as I found it, I bought it, read it and loved it. This is the best JCF book I've read to date. Cool action, slick suspense and engaging characters make this book a must!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In 30 years, still the best book, August 11, 1998

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John W. Evans "Larrythecucumber" (Glocester, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Company Man (Mass Market Paperback)

I read Company Man in my early twenties and have been a major fan of Joe Faust ever since, despite not having been able to find any other novels by him. This was absolutely, in 30 years and hundreds of SF authors of reading, the best book I've ever read of overall SF. One of those sleeper novels that should be a cult classic. Have searched for more by him for years and hope one day he does more.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Human Story in a Dystopian Future, February 28, 2009

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Micah L. Key "freelance and fiction author" (Jordan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Company Man (Mass Market Paperback)

It's not often that I come across a novel that captures my imagination in the way that "The Company Man" did. Its premise of an irradiated world run by a collection of mega-corporations is both compelling and fascinating in an odd way. I also enjoyed the characters who inhabit this world, from the main character of Andy Birch, a hit man, spy and saboteur for one of the big corporations, to the evil-hearted scientist on the verge of a breakthrough that Andy Birch is sent to spy on, to the gorgeous Brazilian model wife of the scientist who has some secrets of her own. All in all, this was a great tale, and I've read it at least half a dozen times without tiring of it. For me, this is Faust's best work that I've read so far, and I hope to read more from him in the future.