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Snark Inc.: A Corporate Fable [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

by Brian Gage (Author), Tom Ellsworth (Illustrator) "Some thirty-eight miles from old Jamboree,..." (more)
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"Gage effectively translates ... corporate politics into a more simple and scary corporate bogeyman... [Tom Ellsworth's] cartoony vision ... is chilling." -- (Randy Lander, The Fourth Rail, November 2002)

"[R]ead this book and do what you can to save your soul..." -- (Kurt Morris, Action Attack Helicopter, August 2002)

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Snark Inc. takes place in the small town of Snark, U.S.A., where the citizens dream of owning Snark, the greatest and most versatile material possession on the planet. Everyone works at Snark Inc., producing Snark and making money to buy all the great Snark products on display at their local department store. But something's amiss. Everyone's miserable, and no one knows why. Enter Will, who decides he wants a life free of materialism and greed. This leads him to head for the hills, hoping to escape the pod mentality of everyone around him. But Snark is all-pervasive and supernaturally seductive; can Will resist its lure? Brian Gage's dark satire fuses the wit and charm of a children's book with a very adult take on the excesses of conspicuous consumption.

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  • Hardcover: 44 pages
  • Publisher: Soft Skull Press; illustrated edition edition (September 9, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1887128700
  • ISBN-13: 978-1887128704
  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 10 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,712,457 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Smells Like Pop Culture, March 30, 2002
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Looks like pop culture, feels like pop culture and reads like pop culture. But this book is a smack in the face to everything pop culture stands for. It's extremely clever.

Snark Inc. is a wolf in sheeps clothing, and definitely a great book to pick up.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fun, Sharp Book..., April 24, 2002
By Stacy Campos (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
I agree with the reviews below. Snark Inc. is a great book and does a fantastic job of poking fun of Corporate America. The verse is really charming and the pictures are great.

I do have to disagree with the reviewer from Germany. Snark Inc. is a great book, but it's no masterpiece. Lolita is a masterpiece, For Whom the Bell Tolls is a masterpiece. Snark Inc is just a fun book with a sharp slant on consumerism.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great quick read with a powerful message., April 11, 2002
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I was at first drawn to this book by the high energy illustrations that kept me wanting to turn the page to see what my eyes would be dazzled by next. Upon finishing the book I realized that there was more to this book than a pretty face, in my opinion brian gage had done a masterful job of weaving a tale that flows with purpose and delivers a strong message in the tradition of Aesops great fables.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Satire
I saw Brian Gage speak at an author panel in Santa Monica, and thought he was an interesting character. A couple months later, I broke down and bought Snark, Inc. Read more
Published on February 18, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Snark is a masterpiece...
Dark and forboding, Snark Inc. is a brilliant satire on corporate America. Disguised as a children's book, Snark seduces you into it's world before you are aware that what you are... Read more
Published on April 13, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars A great quick read with a powerful message.
I was at first drawn to this book by the high energy illustrations that kept me wanting to turn the page to see what my eyes would be dazzled by next. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great quick read with a powerful message.
I was at first drawn to this book by the high energy illustrations that kept me wanting to turn the page to see what my eyes would be dazzled by next. Read more
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I'm not normally the kind of person that reads comics (or Graphic Novels if you must be that pretentious) but this book caught my attention. Read more
Published on April 6, 2002

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