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Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch by Richard Hine
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Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch

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Length 7 hours 59 minutes
Language English
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Russell Wiley is in deep trouble. A media executive for the failing Daily Business Chronicle, his career is teetering on the brink of collapse, and his sexless marriage is fast approaching its expiration date. With his professional and personal lives floundering, it’s no wonder Russell is distracted, unhappy, and losing faith in himself. Making matters worse are his scheming boss, a hot-shot new consultant determined to see Russell ousted, and the beguiling colleague whose mere presence has a disconcerting effect on Russell’s starved libido. Disaster seems imminent…and that’s before he makes a careless mistake that could cost the paper millions. Russell realizes he must take drastic action if he is going to salvage his career, his love life, and what little remains of his self-respect. Sardonic, edgy, and true to life, this gripping novel offers an insider’s view into a newspaper’s inner sanctum and the people who oil the wheels of the “old media” machine.

London-born Richard Hine began his career as an advertising copywriter. After moving to New York at the age of 24, he held creative and marketing positions at Adweek, Time, where he became publisher of Time’s Latin America edition, and The Wall Street Journal, where he was the marketing vice president responsible for the launch of the Journal’s Weekend Edition. Since 2006, Hine has worked as a marketing and media consultant, ghostwriter, and novelist.  His fiction has appeared in numerous literary publications, including London Magazine and Brooklyn Review. He lives in New York City with the novelist Amanda Filipacchi.

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Reviews

“A rollicking satire about the slitherings of corporate snakes and the gambits of conjob consultants in the desperate world of modern media.” —Paul Steiger, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica.org

“A perfectly dry satire of the particular hell that is newspaper publishing circa Right Now.” —Lucinda Rosenfeld, author of I’m So Happy for You: A Novel about Best Friends

“This book is an up-to-date-hilarious snapshot of the problems facing mainstream media. It’s got an insider’s touch and despite its sharp fangs there’s love for the newspaper business throughout the novel. If you have ever been in the media business I think you’ll treasure Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch.” —Tim McGuire, Frank Russell Chair for the business of journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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