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AmericA, Inc.

A Novel in Stream of Voice

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David B. Lentz3 editions

In this dark comedy the USA has incorporated into a global corporate nation or "corpornation." Sub-divided by a great, brick wall into the northern Bluefish and southern Redfish States, AmericA, Inc. is run by President Travis Bash. Perpetually at war, its Supreme Court disbanded, riddled by lobbyists and voracious for capital, Bash drafts Bob, a destitute Yale poet, to transform America, Inc.'s corporate culture. Bob's job is to market to shareholders the vulgar, bewildering and corrupt culture of this brutal corporate nation to increase share value. Nothing is sacred in corporate America or American culture in this hilarious cautionary tale about a corpornation gone berserk in its relentless pursuit of low cost and profitability. In a blend of high and low comedy, "AmericA, Inc." rings true in a witty, merciless lampoon of the omniscient intrusion of the savage greed of big business into culture, politics, law, religion and everyday life. Lentz innovates with an accessible narrative style in stream of voice to bring characters to life by their dialogue for a truly immersive, reading experience. In "AmericA, Inc." Lentz extends the literary bloodline of the rich satiric voices in the genre of William Gaddis, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, George Orwell, Voltaire, Laurence Sterne and Jonathan Swift.

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