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BMOC Paperback – August 14, 2006

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Susan Hunter is a brilliant but lazy student at the Harvard Business School, who has a long-term plan for succeeding at Harvard and getting a high-paying job with the absolute minimum of work. Her plans begin to awry when she receives an invitation for a job interview with Preston Marsh, the quirky millionaire who has built his fortune on oddball businesses from selling designer musical tones to harvesting coins in fountains. Marsh convinces Susan to abandon her path of least resistance to work in his new business called BMOC, which guarantees its student clients that it will make them popular. But nothing in the job description prepares Susan for getting sent to LA to investigate a young woman’s suicide. Susan has to struggle to adapt her business school training to what increasingly appears to be a murder investigation, as a consortium of media companies, tort lawyers, and even a US Senator fight to hide the truth. And that was before they started shooting at her…

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1 year and up
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308 pages
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English
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5.98 x 0.77 x 9.02 inches
Publication date

August 14, 2006
ISBN-10

1847286038
ISBN-13

978-1847286031
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When I was a management consultant, one of the things we used to do when interviewing for new employees was to give our prospective consultants some sort of business problem to solve. After literally hundreds of interviews, this became deadly dull and repetitive. To keep things interesting, I began introducing businesses for discussion with increasingly outlandish business models. Several of these nutty business plans formed the early core of this book.

While my first goal was to write a story that was fast-moving, funny, and engaging, I had one other goal for this novel: For years, the readers of my blog, who are mostly business people and libertarians, have voiced a common complaint about modern novels: Why are corporate executives always portrayed in novels as villains, and why are the folks who cause them so much trouble - lawyers, government employees, and the media - always treated as heroes? In my novel, I turn the table on these traditional portrayals, finding both heroes and humor in the business world. I hope those of you who have shared this same frustration with the outlook of modern fiction will find this book refreshing.

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Susan Hunter is a brilliant but lazy student at the Harvard Business School, who has a long-term plan for succeeding at Harvard and getting a high-paying job with the absolute minimum of work.

Her plans begin to awry when she receives an invitation for a job interview with Preston Marsh, the quirky millionaire who has built his fortune on oddball businesses from selling designer musical tones to harvesting coins in fountains. Marsh convinces Susan to abandon her path of least resistance to work in his new business called BMOC, which guarantees its student clients that it will make them popular.

But nothing in the job description prepares Susan for getting sent to LA to investigate a young woman's suicide. Susan has to struggle to adapt her business school training to what increasingly appears to be a murder investigation, as a consortium of media companies, tort lawyers, and even a US Senator fight to hide the truth.

And that was before they started shooting at her...

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lulu.com; null edition (August 14, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 308 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1847286038
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1847286031
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 year and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.77 x 9.02 inches

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FrancisT

A fun read possibly with a serious subtext

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2016

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This book can (and probably should) be read as a nice bit of fun as it tracks the attempt to ruin a particular entrepreneur through the court of public opinion while the entrepreneur himself gets our heroine to try to figure out who and why. The villains are en amusing collection: a sleazy trial lawyer, a media investor as well as a scummy politician and assorted mafia sorts.The heroine is a snarky Harvard MBA student who seems to have worked out how to play the system.

A lot of the action takes place in Hollyweird and the greater Lalaland part of California so there's plenty of Southern California stereotypes to mock as well. All of this is good, and droll, and enjoyable.

But there's a possible serious subtext about how ethically challenged trial lawyers and media moguls can ruin innocents in ways that are actually worse than the mafia crooks they hook up with (in this book). It's not a big part of the book, but it does give the book a bit more depth than it would have as a light-hearted crime novel

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o. migillicuddy

Good story spoiled

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2013

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Warren Meyer can write a good story. He is funny, witty even. I like his imaginative premise, and his simile, such as "The building had all the warmth of a Nazi pillbox" among other real gems which are entertaining and worth quoting. Indeed, I would give the book a 5 except for one thing.

Why do otherwise good wordsmiths insist on cussing in a fashion that would embarrass a sailor? Possibly it is that this particular sailor is too old for the vulgarity of language today. I certainly would not recommend the language in "BMOC" to my pastor, or to my murder mystery fan wife, (for whom I bought the book) for example.

Come on, Mr. Meyer! Herman Wouk, James Michner, Leon Uris, Thomas Heggen et al seemed to be able to write dialogue without having to resort to the cheapness of the dreary f___ word, the explicitness of a young heroine grabbing a handful of condoms and heading out for a night of stated promiscuity. Part of being a hero is to be held to a moral standard. Part of being a writer is learning how to imply without being obvious.

I did not finish the book. I prefer my luscious double chocolate cake to be free of cockroaches.

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Words N Pics

Thoroughly delightful!

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2013

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This is the most engaging page-turner I’ve read in a long time! I rarely read fiction anymore, but after finding Mr. Meyer’s blog I was happy to try his novel, and I was well rewarded. For starters, the writing is excellent; I’m a professional editor and take a special pleasure in reading prose that doesn’t distract me from the story by awkwardness, misusage, etc. (The proofing and copyediting--on the Kindle version, at least--were problematic, but never mind.) The story was clever and along the lines of Christopher Buckley’s light social satires, but completely original. The main characters were memorable and at least two-dimensional, which is all we can ask from such a genre. I read the book in the longest stretches I could manage, hating to stop. In fact, it was so absorbing that as I neared its end, I missed not one but two subway stops and got to work half an hour late.

Reader complaints about the language seem ridiculous. The book is PG-rated at worst. Those who mind a little realism in their books should stick to reading children’s books written before 1960.

So Mr. Meyer, when will you give us another treat?

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Larry Emmott

Much much better than I expected

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2015

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Much much better than I expected. I highly recommend this book. I have read many first novels by bloggers turned fiction writers and for the most part they have been adequate with a couple of clunkers. I bought BMOC on Kindle as I had read and enjoyed Warren Meyer's blog and the price was right, free with unlimited. I am so glad I took t he chance, the book is delightful.

It is fast paced, suspenseful and very funny. The characters are quirky but believable...well kinda believable but it does not matter as the pace moves along from one surprise to the next with hilarious send-ups of everything from Harvard to TV News to clerks at Macy's.

However under the quirky characters and humor lies and insight into our world and how it operates. There is a message, but it is not the usual shallow Hollywood pap it is a message delivered with insight, fun and good humor.

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Jan the Viking

Enjoying the book, especially the libertarian slant.

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018

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I was encouraged to get this book on the Coyoteblog. I don't have a way to get in touch with the blog (and book) author, other than leaving a review, I believe the author probably meant "He had the car is sight (not site)" when describing a contract killer chasing after Monica, who was the victim.

The book has a quick pace, and makes for the type of enjoyable book where you regret finishing it too fast.

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2015

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Great ideas, real characters and a fast moving plot. This book is better than many I've read, and I went through it in one sitting (litterally, on one long flight). My only complaint is that the author uses coincidental meetings as a plot device in three locations. Other than that, perfect

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While away a few hours.

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2016

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Great story, well written. Characters were a little stereotyped, but likeable. Interesting concept and the author clearly drew on business school experience to construct realistic, if unlikely situations.

A fun, easy read - great for a holiday.

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2015

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And for free. Probably not as refined as Brad Thor, but story structure very similar. I follow Warren Meyer on his blog where he usually opines about climate change, government regulation, liberty, and other hairbrain follies of our leaders.

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