Diary of a yuppie
(eBook)
In this novel by the author of Honorable Men , a hot-shot corporate lawyer will sacrifice anything for success in 1980s Manhattan. Bob Service is a thirty-two-year-old crack lawyer with blood as cold and clear as a five-dollar martini. His god is power, and his morals are ever tempered by expediency. His goals far exceed an imminent partnership in a big New York law firm. Bob's "perfect" marriage to Alice, a graceful and intelligent literary agent, is no match for the ardor of his corporate drive. And it certainly pales beside his explosive affair with Sylvia, whose naked ambition matches his own and whose social connections provide the ultimate bridge to the pinnacles of success. How Bob marches toward his fate while trampling on his associates and crippling his marriage forms the plot of this fast-paced novel about 1980s mores and life on the fast track of the big law firms. Office intrigue and duels for power rival anything that Machiavelli could have conjured up. And it all has an unnervingly authentic ring... Praise for Diary of a Yuppie "Absorbing and fun . . . It is refreshing to find characters who are willing to discuss the spiritual dimensions of their business decisions, the ethics of their trade." — New York Times "Because greed and glory aren't exclusive to Wall St.—Auchincloss turf—this most moral of fictions deserves a wide audience." — Kirkus Reviews "This brief contemporary novel explores the ethics of loyalty in business, love, and friendship. Auchincloss, a prolific novelist of manners, is also a Wall Street attorney, and his shallow, ambitious characters ring true . . . [A] subtle, memorable book." — Library Journal
Auchincloss, L. (2021). Diary of a yuppie.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Auchincloss, Louis. 2021. Diary of a Yuppie. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Auchincloss, Louis, Diary of a Yuppie. , 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Auchincloss, Louis. Diary of a Yuppie. 2021.
Notes
Record Information
Last File Modification Time | Jan 10, 2024 10:49:30 AM |
---|---|
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Jan 10, 2024 10:39:01 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 03457nam a2200337Ka 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | ODN0000573428 | ||
006 | m d | ||
007 | cr cn--------- | ||
008 | 190529s2021 nyu s 000 1 eng d | ||
020 | |a 9780547745732 (electronic bk) | ||
037 | |a D845FD49-B957-4090-BFC4-F835CEF79C0E|b OverDrive, Inc.|n http://www.overdrive.com | ||
040 | |a TEFOD|c TEFOD | ||
084 | |a FIC019000|a FIC025000|a FIC034000|2 bisacsh | ||
100 | 1 | |a Auchincloss, Louis. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Diary of a yuppie|h [electronic resource].|c Louis Auchincloss. |
260 | |c 2021. | ||
300 | |a 1 online resource | ||
336 | |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer|b c|2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource|b cr|2 rdacarrier | ||
520 | |a In this novel by the author of Honorable Men , a hot-shot corporate lawyer will sacrifice anything for success in 1980s Manhattan. Bob Service is a thirty-two-year-old crack lawyer with blood as cold and clear as a five-dollar martini. His god is power, and his morals are ever tempered by expediency. His goals far exceed an imminent partnership in a big New York law firm. Bob's "perfect" marriage to Alice, a graceful and intelligent literary agent, is no match for the ardor of his corporate drive. And it certainly pales beside his explosive affair with Sylvia, whose naked ambition matches his own and whose social connections provide the ultimate bridge to the pinnacles of success. How Bob marches toward his fate while trampling on his associates and crippling his marriage forms the plot of this fast-paced novel about 1980s mores and life on the fast track of the big law firms. Office intrigue and duels for power rival anything that Machiavelli could have conjured up. And it all has an unnervingly authentic ring... Praise for Diary of a Yuppie "Absorbing and fun . . . It is refreshing to find characters who are willing to discuss the spiritual dimensions of their business decisions, the ethics of their trade." — New York Times "Because greed and glory aren't exclusive to Wall St.—Auchincloss turf—this most moral of fictions deserves a wide audience." — Kirkus Reviews "This brief contemporary novel explores the ethics of loyalty in business, love, and friendship. Auchincloss, a prolific novelist of manners, is also a Wall Street attorney, and his shallow, ambitious characters ring true . . . [A] subtle, memorable book." — Library Journal | ||
533 | |a Electronic reproduction.|b New York :|c Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,|d 2021.|n Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 620 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). | ||
650 | 1 | 7 | |a Fiction.|2 OverDrive |
650 | 7 | |a Literature.|2 OverDrive | |
655 | 7 | |a Electronic books.|2 local | |
776 | 1 | |c Original|z 9780395416495 | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=162&titleID=573428|z CMC Online Access. |
856 | 4 | |3 Excerpt|u https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D845FD49-B957-4090-BFC4-F835CEF79C0E&.epub-sample.overdrive.com|z Sample | |
856 | 4 | |3 Image|u https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2363-1/%7BD845FD49-B957-4090-BFC4-F835CEF79C0E%7DImg100.jpg|z Large cover image | |
856 | 4 | |3 Thumbnail|u https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2363-1/%7BD845FD49-B957-4090-BFC4-F835CEF79C0E%7DImg200.jpg|z Thumbnail cover image | |
949 | 1 | |h 139|l cme|s j|t 188|w Overdrive : External |