Company (novel)

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Company

Author	Max Barry
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre(s)	Novel
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	17 January 2006
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback) & e-book
Pages	336 pp (hardcover edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0-385-51439-5 (hardcover edition)

Company is a book written by Max Barry. In 2006 it became Barry's third published novel, following Jennifer Government in 2003. The novel is set in a Modern Corporation.

1 Plot summary
2 Characters in Company
3 Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

In Seattle, The Zephyr Holdings Building gives no hint of Zephyr's business. This obscurity is Zephyr's defining characteristic. No one has ever met the Chief Executive Officer.

Every day employees start their work day. Stephen Jones, a young recruit, reports for his first day in the Training Sales Department only to see a theft take place. This means Stephen is promoted from assistant to sales representative. However Stephen is nagged by a feeling that the company is hiding something - something that explains why when people are fired they are never heard from again; and what exactly is the Omega Management System?

[edit] Characters in Company

Stephen Jones – Training Sales Dept. "tryout"; Roger Jefferson's Sales Assistant
Sydney Harper – Training Sales Dept. Manager
Megan Jackson – Training Sales Dept. Personal Assistant
Elizabeth Miller – Training Sales Dept. Sales Rep 1
Holly Vale – Training Sales Dept., Elizabeth Miller's Sales Assistant
Wendell Hartford – Training Sales Dept. Sales Rep 2
Freddy Carlson – Wendel Hartfords's Sales Assistant
Roger Jefferson – Training Sales Dept. Sales Rep 3
Eve Jantiss – Receptionist
Blake Seddon – Senior Management
Daniel Klausman – CEO

[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

Universal Pictures has acquired screen rights to the Max Barry novel Company, which Steve Pink will adapt. Tom Shadyac and Michael Bostick will produce the film through Shady Acres.