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The Company Man (2011)

by Robert Jackson Bennett(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0316054704 (ISBN13: 9780316054706)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Orbit

review 1: The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit) begins in 1919 as a trolley car filled with eleven factory workers dead inside of it, rolls into a station. All were alive when they entered the trolley and all were union workers. The eponymous investigator works for the McNaughton Corporation, the powerful and mysterious entity running the United States from the capitol city of Evesden, located in a Pacific Northwest very different from the one we know. An engaging, noirish mystery, the book deservedly won the mystery and suspense field’s Edgar Award in the original paperback category.
review 2: 'The Company Man' was an intriguing, even surprising novel. At first, the novel seemed to be a noir mystery set in alternative-history of the early twentieth century... more. Almost a 'deisel-punk' of sorts. But the narrative quickly progressed into a sci-fi & horror hybrid. Yet, for all the brilliant premise and intelligent plot, I found the ending inexplicably unsatisfactory. Something about the protagonist's discovery of an alien species felt too much like a deus ex machina. However, I was still impressed overall and look forward to reading more of Robert Jackson Bennett's books in the future. less

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