Narrator Julia Whelan delivers the mounting tension of Katz’s timely audiobook, engaging listeners with its complicated protagonist. Alex is a Harvard Law School graduate who lands a dream position at Klasko & Fitch, a high-powered firm that specializes in mergers and acquisitions. Alex promises her partner she won’t be swept up in the demands of her job, but soon the nonstop pace takes hold, with Alex experiencing the abusiveness of the “boys’ club” directly. Alex finds herself embracing the expectations of her superiors and the exuberant lifestyle that follows. Whelan captures the complex nature of Alex’s character as the world of corporate law challenges how she sees herself and her relationships. It’s a subtly deft performance. S.P.C. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
Sweetbitter*meets*The Firm*in this buzzy, page-turning debut novel-already optioned to Netflix-about sex and power in the halls of corporate America.
One of*Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated Books of 2020,*Cosmopolitan's Best Summer Reads of 2020, and the*New York Post's 30 Best Summer Books
Alex Vogel has always been a high achiever who lived her life by the book-star student and athlete in high school, prelaw whiz in college, Harvard Law School degree. Accepting a dream offer at the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Klasko & Fitch, she promises her sweet and supportive longtime boyfriend that the job won't change her.*
Yet Alex is seduced by the firm's money and energy . . . and by her cocksure male colleagues, who quickly take notice of the new girl. She's never felt so confident and powerful-even the innuendo-laced banter with clients feels fun. In the firm's most profitable and competitive division, Mergers and Acquisitions, Alex works around the clock, racking up billable hours and entertaining clients late into the evening. While the job is punishing, it has its perks, like a weekend trip to Miami, a ride in a client's private jet, and more expense-account meals than she can count.*
But as her clients' expectations and demands on her increase, and Alex finds herself magnetically drawn to a handsome coworker despite her loving relationship at home, she begins to question everything-including herself. She knows the corporate world isn't black and white, and that to reach the top means playing by different rules. But who made those rules? And what if the system rigged so that women can't win, anyway?*
When something happens that reveals the dark reality of the firm, Alex comes to understand the ways women like her are told-explicitly and implicitly-how they need to behave to succeed in the workplace. Now, she can no longer stand by silently-even if doing what's right means putting everything on the line to expose the shocking truth.
Sweetbitter*meets*The Firm*in this buzzy, page-turning debut novel-already optioned to Netflix-about sex and power in the halls of corporate America.
One of*Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated Books of 2020,*Cosmopolitan's Best Summer Reads of 2020, and the*New York Post's 30 Best Summer Books
Alex Vogel has always been a high achiever who lived her life by the book-star student and athlete in high school, prelaw whiz in college, Harvard Law School degree. Accepting a dream offer at the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Klasko & Fitch, she promises her sweet and supportive longtime boyfriend that the job won't change her.*
Yet Alex is seduced by the firm's money and energy . . . and by her cocksure male colleagues, who quickly take notice of the new girl. She's never felt so confident and powerful-even the innuendo-laced banter with clients feels fun. In the firm's most profitable and competitive division, Mergers and Acquisitions, Alex works around the clock, racking up billable hours and entertaining clients late into the evening. While the job is punishing, it has its perks, like a weekend trip to Miami, a ride in a client's private jet, and more expense-account meals than she can count.*
But as her clients' expectations and demands on her increase, and Alex finds herself magnetically drawn to a handsome coworker despite her loving relationship at home, she begins to question everything-including herself. She knows the corporate world isn't black and white, and that to reach the top means playing by different rules. But who made those rules? And what if the system rigged so that women can't win, anyway?*
When something happens that reveals the dark reality of the firm, Alex comes to understand the ways women like her are told-explicitly and implicitly-how they need to behave to succeed in the workplace. Now, she can no longer stand by silently-even if doing what's right means putting everything on the line to expose the shocking truth.
The Boys' Club: A Novel
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| BN ID: | 2940179049470 |
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| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Publication date: | 08/04/2020 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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