by JosephFinder (Author)
PARANOIA is set in the modern-day corporate environment and focuses on a lazy but bright young exec at middle-management level. When a colleague leaves after many years' loyal service, his departure is allowed to pass unnoticed by senior management. The young exec is appalled at the way his colleague is treated and plots revenge against his company. He stumbles upon a secret company 'slush fund' and manages to gain access to it. Using the stolen funds he throws a fantastically lavish leaving party for his ex-colleague. Inevitably he gets caught, and is offered a Faustian pact by senior management - he can serve a lengthy jail term for embezzlement, or he can infiltrate a high-tech rival. As he becomes a rising star at his new company, his loyalties become divided and ultimately he seeks to break the bonds with his former company...PARANOIA is an acid portrayal of how people act in the modern-day corporate environment.This gripping novel taps into both the basic wish-fulfillment fantasy about ambition and success and the post-Enron disillusionment with big business.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 17 Jun 2004
ISBN 10: 0752860909
ISBN 13: 9780752860909
Book Overview: The first book since Grisham's THE FIRM to reimagine the thriller. A brutal portrayal of big business and the everyman in the twenty-first century. 'PARANOIA is a knockout - a fresh, original and compelling novel that is impossible to put down. It is one of those all-too-rare but absolutely unforgettable books that successfully rewrites the rules for contemporary thrillers.' Daniel Silva 'PARANOIA combines a fresh voice, terrific characters, and high-octane suspense.Finder catapults himself into the front ranks of contemporary writers.' Harlan Coben Finder has established an extremely successful reputation for writing novels about corporate intrigue; his previous novel HIGH CRIMES starred Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, grossing USD41 million last year for Fox. Paramount Pictures has bought rights to PARANOIA for a high-six figure sum for Lorenzo di Bonaventura to produce.