From Publishers Weekly
Mary Birdsong, who plays Deputy Kimball on TV's Reno 911!, spawns a comically horrific incarnation of boss-from-Hell Vivian Grant, who steamrollers over assistants, editors, agents, authors and even corporate executives at the venerable publisher that houses her highly controversial—but amazingly lucrative—imprint. Grant utters the f-word with a frequency that would leave Tony Soprano blushing and catapults office supplies across conference rooms during her frequent tirades. Newly hired Grant Books editor Claire Truman valiantly strives to hold onto both her cool and her job, as relationships with friends and family—not to mention her planned nuptials to hunky Wall Street broker Randall Cox—lapse onto autopilot. Birdsong's depictions of the principal male characters are a little too affected, but she maintains a pitch-perfect command of female banter. The book-business jargon may somehow seem both too familiar for industry insiders and too insular for a broader audience, and the romantic triangle wins no prizes for originality. Yet listeners in the mood for some hearty laughs at the expense of a deliciously devilish workplace villain should find themselves thoroughly entertained.
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From AudioFile
Mary Birdsong is the perfect narrator for this comic romp around the New York publishing scene. When boss-from-hell Vivian Grant begins to have speech patterns reminiscent of Claire Truman's future mother-in-law, listeners are all but doubled over with laughter. Claire, the young protagonist, is unsure of herself, sounding peppy and innocent one minute, nervous and chiding herself the next. Musical interludes add their own comic twist. There's good material for Birdsong to work with. Clark meshes literary history (entitling chapters after classics: The Bell Jar and The Sound and the Fury) with memorable sound bites from a high-tech lifestyle. The full book might be overkill, but this abridged version can't help but delight anyone who's ever fantasized about working in New York or brushed up against social climbers. R.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine--
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