New Bentley Little Novel The Consultant Coming in September
Word of a new Bentley Little novel is always welcome around these parts, and his latest, The Consultant, a “biting workplace satire with horrific touches” is set to be released in September by Cemetery Dance. Read on for the details!
This is a brand new 400+-page novel that has never been published anywhere in the world. It will be available in three formats:
• Trade Hardcover Edition with full-color dust jacket ($25)
• Hardcover Limited Edition of 750 signed and hand-numbered copies bound in full-cloth and Smyth sewn ($50)
• Deluxe Hardcover Lettered Edition of 52 signed and hand-lettered copies bound in leather, Smyth sewn with a satin ribbon page marker, raised hubs on the spine, custom gilded page edges dipped by hand, and featuring full-color illustrated endpapers ($250)
Visit CemeteryDance.com to place your pre-order.
Synopsis:
CompWare is in serious trouble after a promised merger falls through, so they do what other businesses have done to bolster their public image: hire a consulting firm to review and streamline their business practices. But there’s something strange about the firm they hire—more specifically, the quirky gentleman who arrives to supervise the project: Mr. Patoff, tall and thin and wearing a bow tie, with an odd smile that never quite reaches his eyes.
In his first interactions the consultant asks a few inappropriate questions and generally seems a nuisance. Over time, Patoff gains more power, to the point where he seems to be running the whole company. He enacts arbitrary and invasive changes to office protocol. He places cameras all over the building, making workers paranoid; he calls employees at all hours of the night, visits some of their homes, and menaces their families.
People who defy the consultant get fired… or worse.
The employees of CompWare soon realize they’re not just fighting for their jobs: They’re fighting for their lives.
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