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Author of Holy Water, The Futurist and Adland: Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet
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Appearances and Media
6/1 Adland in paperback from Anchor Books
6/3 Fast Company review of Holy Water
6/15 Holy Water hardcover pub date!
6/15 w/o Essay in The Daily Beast
6/15 w/o Intvw/excerpt TheNervousBreakdown.com
6/15 w/o Intvw ThreeGuysOneBook.com
6/17 Mahopac Public Library
6/18 LargeheartedBoy.com Book Notes
6/20 Washington Post Book World HW review
6/21 Coburn Ventures Discussion
7/1 The Daily Beast, essay on Business Novels
7/7 WNWS-FM Nashville "Drive Time Live"
7/10 PCTV "On Writing with Ben Cheever (Holy Water)
7/17 PCTV "On Writiing with Ben Cheever (Adland)
7/11? Nashville Public Library Skype Discussion
7/7 Adland and Holy Water pub in AUS/NZ
7/21 ABC Radio Tasmania "State-wide Mornings"
8/1 800-CEO-READ essay on the future of entertainment
8/18 ABC Radio Melbourne, AU National Book Show
8/28 Melbourne, AUS Writer's Festival, national media
8/28 Gold Coast, AUS International Writer's Retreat
9/1-5 Brisbane, AUS, Writer's Festival
10/14 City College of NY "Lunches with Leaders"
Creative Consulting and Speaking Engagements: For consulting and freelance: contact jpothmer@yahoo.com For speaking engagements or publicity contact Rachel Lapal at Doubleday rlapal@randomhouse.com.
PRAISE FOR HOLY WATER
"Othmer is a smart, elegant, witty writer... In "The Futurist" Othmer demonstrated a terrific eye for the absurd, for deflating the big, the pompous, the entitled. Sly sentence by sly sentence, "Holy Water" similarly does not have a wasted word...the author walks a perfect line between satire and compassion." --Washington Post Book World
“This dark screwball business comedy…(is) a beach read for BlackBerry addicts.”--Fast Company
"Othmer slides over the ironies and absurdities of 21st century life as confidently and fluidly as Shaun White on the half pipe." --The Buffalo News
"With the darkly comic and satirical Holy Water, Othmer has returned to fiction flawlessly, making me a very happy reader."
--800-CEO-READ
“A contemporary Heart of Darkness run through the satire blender…Othmer wrings human from nearly every facet of contemporary culture…well-done sature – dark, but not too – in the vein of Gary Shteyngart and early Colson Whitehead.” –Publishers Weekly
"Holy Water is hilarious, disquieting, razor sharp, and Now with a capital N . . .Othmer is an absurdist straight from the trenches, a keen-eyed witness to the troubling but strangely hopeful times in which we live, and a stylist of the first order. --Jonathan Evison, author of All About Lulu and West of Here
“If you’ve been looking for Kurt Vonnegut’s successor, look no further. James P. Othmer has picked up the master satirist’s torch and taken off running with it. The moment you meet Henry Tuhoe, Vice President of Underarm Research, you know you’ve entered a world that is at once wildly absurd and frighteningly credible. If ever there was a novel for these troubled and bizarre times, this is it. What The Futurist predicted, Holy Water confirms: Mr. Othmer is on the brink of a major career. So it goes.”
--John McNally, author of After the Workshop and The Book of Ralph
PRAISE FOR ADLAND
*Fast Company's Best Business Books of 2009
*Hudson Bookselllers Best of 2009!
*The Nervous Breakdown Best of 2009
"Picks up where 'Mad Men' leaves off." --Fortune
"This unlikely guide is the perfect one to take us through the apocalypse currently roiling 'Adland'." --Fast Company
"This Week's Hot New Reads" -The Daily Beast
Smart Money's Seven Smart Fall Reads
"An engrossing tour of a revolution that is unlikely to be televised...Othmer wields his pen like a stiletto...Think of the author as your very own Audubon, capturing his colorful subjects in flight." --CNN/Money.com
"Adland" is a meditation on our industry through the lens of a personal story, told by a veteran of the Old World Order who is rapidly acclimatizing to the new. It resonates with everything we love about this industry, everything we hate, everything that keeps us working in it, everything that makes us want to leave and everything that makes us believe in what could still be possible. "Adland" speaks to all of us who care. It combines Othmer's personal journey with an exploration of how our industry is facing the future. Buy it now." --Advertising Age
"Advertising is an industry like any other, except it changes our planet daily. James Othmer, one of my favorite writers, takes you inside that world and makes the people and places real. You can dislike these guys, but you can't ignore them. They make sure of that." --Seth Godin, author, TRIBES
"As juicy a read as the chicken KFC paid (Othmer) to promote." --Louisville Courier Journal
"Othmer's story has dual appeal - as a portrait of a changing industry and a template for readers torn between a drive for professional success and a pull toward human happiness.
This makes Adland and James Othmer a great resource for anyone whose professional life makes them want to sing the from theme song from Alfie." -- The Huffington Post
“With a unique blend of humor and insight, Othmer guides us through this rapidly changing business and lets us see the direction in which it is headed. A must read for any student of advertising. -- Rick Boyko, Director, VCU Brandcenter
"Othmer is a witty and charming tour guide who chats self-deprecatingly about his own Adland epiphanies and humiliations while leading us inexorably toward the birthing room of Advertising Next. A terrific introduction to what advertising has been and what it is becoming, a memoir-manifesto with warmth and insight, and a must-read for those contemplating entering the industry." --Max Barry, author of COMPANY and JENNIFER GOVERNMENT
"For nearly half a century, David Ogilvy’s CONFESSIONS OF AN ADVERTISING MAN has served as the Old Testament for an industry. Now there’s a new one: James Othmer’s ADLAND. Fully aware of (but not made giddy by) the many changes that have brought advertising from the classical Age of Ogilvy to our current era of the digital baroque, Othmer describes the art of commerce with the insight of an insider and the bemusement of a novelist.” --Robert Thompson
Professor of Popular Culture, Syracuse University
"Admen are known not only for their creativity but for their quirkiness and iconoclasm as well, and this book clearly demonstrates the best traits of the trade: it's funny, clever, irreverent, gossipy, and surprisingly insightful about advertising, human nature, and the postmodern business world. Othmer's novel, The Futurist, was acclaimed for its biting wit and satire, which are evident here as the author chronicles his rise from bricklayer to muckety-muck on the creative side of a renowned agency and his trip out the back door again to the real world. VERDICT For anyone interested in a career in advertising, this is essential reading—at least to know what one is in for. But the book's relevance goes well beyond any sort of career preview or critique. In highly enlivening style, Othmer offers astute assessments of the world of business." --Library Journal, (starred review)
"What Upton Sinclair did for meatpacking, Jim Othmer has done for advertising -- only with far more humor and far less (physical) horror. ADLAND is destined to become a classic of its kind -- a must read for anyone brave (or insane or aimless) enough to toil in the fields of modern advertising."
-- Daniel H. Pink, author of A WHOLE NEW MIND
"James P. Othmer is one of the funniest writers at work today. Period. His keen eye for the absurdities of the modern world rivals the likes of George Saunders and Sam Lipsyte. You could sharpen knives on Othmer's sentences. Prior to his 2006 debut novel, The Futurist, he was honing his mad skills in the advertising racket, as an exec at Young & Rubicam. And though I daresay it was a colossal waste of his talents, I, for one, am glad he endured it, or we wouldn't have Adland, a hilarious and insightful chronicle of the rise and fall of a modern ad man." -Jonathan Evison, author of ALL ABOUT LULU and WEST OF HERE
"I've been in advertising more than twenty years and spent countless hours trying to tell people how insane and hilarious and exciting and pointless and fascinating it all is. Now all I have to do is hand them this book." -Jamie Barrett, Creative Director/Partner Goodby Silverstein & Partners, SF
"One of the pop culture must-reads of the year." -LargeHeartedBoy.com
“Othmer’s struggle to do the next right thing in a business predicated on greed, lust, envy and sloth makes for an enlightening as well as entertaining read.”
-Steffan Postaer, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Euro RSCG Chicago, Author, The Happy Soul Industry
"It takes a real writer to turn the farce into prose and yet keep a true perspective that allows the great moments to shine through. Having worked with Jim on farce, fantasy and some fantastic creative – I for one was mesmerized by our own doings – I have no doubt you will be too” – David Sable, Vice Chairman, COO, Wunderman Worldwide
"Othmer captures the authentic, raw and visceral feel of the advertising world, and actually makes it wildly entertaining. He never forgets it's not science, it's all about the people. Bravo. " --Mark Dowley, Partner, Endeavor
"Othmer tells it like it plays out every day and how it's probably going to play out tomorrow... with a sweet blend of sarcasm, sincerity and biting humor that makes you think "Is advertising really that bad? And if it is, how can I get in?" --Desmond Hall, SVP, Executive Creative Director, Global Hue
"I loved it...required reading for my team. Not only is Othmer a truly fresh engaging writer, he is digging at the truth in his own career with crisp intensity and coming to insight after insight in a way that helps all of us as we go forward as well."
-Pip Coburn, author, The Change Function, founder of Coburn Ventures, former Global Technology Strategist, UBS
"A wry and insightful look at the insanity that is advertising .and a peek 'behind the curtain' of the new world of advertising as seen through the eyes of a veteran who has seen it all and lived to tell about it. A must read for anyone who has ever wondered what really goes into creating an ad."
--David Griffith, VP Marketing, SONY Music
“Hysterically entertaining. It’s the best overview of advertising I’ve ever read. A must-read for all clients, students and anyone who’s ever been in the trenches. If you like Mad Men or Bewitched reruns, you’ll love this REAL observation of the advertising world from the trenches. Othmer describes his firsthand drama and elation with the old guard of advertising then pulls back the curtain on the future of the “non-advertising” agencies that are taking the industry to the next level. You’re gonna LOVE this book.”
--Jeff Griffith, Co-founder, Creative Director, Jugular
PRAISE FOR THE FUTURIST
"A funny, thoughtful satire of corporate life, mass media and political manipulation…If Othmer is spilling this many insider secrets, the Powers That Be must want him to – or he’s a dead man.” -Washington Post Book World
"A book so blackly accurate it can predict tomorrow's headlines.” -The Village Voice
"(An) acerbically funny book, clearly written by a refugee from corporate culture...Mr. Othmer's voice echoes other, well-established ones: Max Barry's for outrageously deft business satire, Christopher Buckley's for geopolitcal comedy of errors, Bruce Wagner's for free-floating malice...an impressive foray into satirical fiction." -The New York Times
"A frighteningly accurate send-up of modern corporate culture.'' -Fortune magazine
“At turns glib, trenchant, cynical, heartfelt, daffy and harrowing -- often on the same page." -Entertainment Weekly
"This intelligent, wise-cracking debut satire takes a hard look at what's cool, what's not and what people are willing to buy into morally, emotionally and culturally...leaves us with a taste of fear in our mouths even as we're laughing." -USA Today
"Othmer skewers media-driven policymaking, as well as celebrity pundits such as Faith Popcorn, out-of-touch billionaires and business opportunities in the Middle East."
-The Wall Street Journal
"A tour de force. Othmer's cultural riffing is a true joy, and his caustic humor is a devilish delight. Like The Corrections, this novel bristles with heady contemporary concepts, yet you can polish it off on an overnight flight." -LA Weekly
"Crass, funny satire." -Wired magazine
"A shrewd, funny and sometimes brutal vision of troubled times. Othmer is a sure-footed commentator."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Othmer possesses a firsthand understanding of how reality can be manufactured and distributed…Relentlessly entertaining, thanks to a knockout sense of humor, well-placed insights and the economy of language of a veteran adman."
-Time Out New York
"An incredibly original and highly readable story about the zeitgeist in us all. It’s safe to say that this book will kick your ass. It’s all here: wealth, greed, ego, religion, science and its failures, human or accidental in nature." -Aintitcoolnews.com
"This book is so "now" it hurts…It is a satirical and intelligent social commentary; an observation on the state of the world and the inescapability of our eventual global downward spiral into the abyss of consumerism, imperialism and capitalism." -Edmonton Alberta Journal
“Riotously astute and blazingly hip…across a sumptuously depicted global backdrop.” -BookPage
"Othmer takes amusing swipes at the likes of (real-life) futurist Faith Popcorn, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman and billionaires Ted Turner and Bill Gates...this spirited dissection of the contemporary cultural and political zeitgeist is a stylish winner in its own intelligently weird right."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"An entertaining romp...delights in the absurdities of our cynical, media-saturated, totally wired age."
-Fort Worth Star Telegram
"A scathing indictment of a world where image is everything, where complex issues can be boiled down to their most attractive - and lucrative - elements...satire so razor sharp that the premise is utterly believable while thoroughly absurd."
-Buffalo News
"Othmer is right on with his satirical critique of contemporary American culture and politics -- our gullibility and greed...Worth reading, sharing and discussing with cynics and optimists alike." -BookReporter.com
6/3 Fast Company review of Holy Water
6/15 Holy Water hardcover pub date!
6/15 w/o Essay in The Daily Beast
6/15 w/o Intvw/excerpt TheNervousBreakdown.com
6/15 w/o Intvw ThreeGuysOneBook.com
6/17 Mahopac Public Library
6/18 LargeheartedBoy.com Book Notes
6/20 Washington Post Book World HW review
6/21 Coburn Ventures Discussion
7/1 The Daily Beast, essay on Business Novels
7/7 WNWS-FM Nashville "Drive Time Live"
7/10 PCTV "On Writing with Ben Cheever (Holy Water)
7/17 PCTV "On Writiing with Ben Cheever (Adland)
7/11? Nashville Public Library Skype Discussion
7/7 Adland and Holy Water pub in AUS/NZ
7/21 ABC Radio Tasmania "State-wide Mornings"
8/1 800-CEO-READ essay on the future of entertainment
8/18 ABC Radio Melbourne, AU National Book Show
8/28 Melbourne, AUS Writer's Festival, national media
8/28 Gold Coast, AUS International Writer's Retreat
9/1-5 Brisbane, AUS, Writer's Festival
10/14 City College of NY "Lunches with Leaders"
Creative Consulting and Speaking Engagements: For consulting and freelance: contact jpothmer@yahoo.com For speaking engagements or publicity contact Rachel Lapal at Doubleday rlapal@randomhouse.com.
PRAISE FOR HOLY WATER
"Othmer is a smart, elegant, witty writer... In "The Futurist" Othmer demonstrated a terrific eye for the absurd, for deflating the big, the pompous, the entitled. Sly sentence by sly sentence, "Holy Water" similarly does not have a wasted word...the author walks a perfect line between satire and compassion." --Washington Post Book World
“This dark screwball business comedy…(is) a beach read for BlackBerry addicts.”--Fast Company
"Othmer slides over the ironies and absurdities of 21st century life as confidently and fluidly as Shaun White on the half pipe." --The Buffalo News
"With the darkly comic and satirical Holy Water, Othmer has returned to fiction flawlessly, making me a very happy reader."
--800-CEO-READ
“A contemporary Heart of Darkness run through the satire blender…Othmer wrings human from nearly every facet of contemporary culture…well-done sature – dark, but not too – in the vein of Gary Shteyngart and early Colson Whitehead.” –Publishers Weekly
"Holy Water is hilarious, disquieting, razor sharp, and Now with a capital N . . .Othmer is an absurdist straight from the trenches, a keen-eyed witness to the troubling but strangely hopeful times in which we live, and a stylist of the first order. --Jonathan Evison, author of All About Lulu and West of Here
“If you’ve been looking for Kurt Vonnegut’s successor, look no further. James P. Othmer has picked up the master satirist’s torch and taken off running with it. The moment you meet Henry Tuhoe, Vice President of Underarm Research, you know you’ve entered a world that is at once wildly absurd and frighteningly credible. If ever there was a novel for these troubled and bizarre times, this is it. What The Futurist predicted, Holy Water confirms: Mr. Othmer is on the brink of a major career. So it goes.”
--John McNally, author of After the Workshop and The Book of Ralph
PRAISE FOR ADLAND
*Fast Company's Best Business Books of 2009
*Hudson Bookselllers Best of 2009!
*The Nervous Breakdown Best of 2009
"Picks up where 'Mad Men' leaves off." --Fortune
"This unlikely guide is the perfect one to take us through the apocalypse currently roiling 'Adland'." --Fast Company
"This Week's Hot New Reads" -The Daily Beast
Smart Money's Seven Smart Fall Reads
"An engrossing tour of a revolution that is unlikely to be televised...Othmer wields his pen like a stiletto...Think of the author as your very own Audubon, capturing his colorful subjects in flight." --CNN/Money.com
"Adland" is a meditation on our industry through the lens of a personal story, told by a veteran of the Old World Order who is rapidly acclimatizing to the new. It resonates with everything we love about this industry, everything we hate, everything that keeps us working in it, everything that makes us want to leave and everything that makes us believe in what could still be possible. "Adland" speaks to all of us who care. It combines Othmer's personal journey with an exploration of how our industry is facing the future. Buy it now." --Advertising Age
"Advertising is an industry like any other, except it changes our planet daily. James Othmer, one of my favorite writers, takes you inside that world and makes the people and places real. You can dislike these guys, but you can't ignore them. They make sure of that." --Seth Godin, author, TRIBES
"As juicy a read as the chicken KFC paid (Othmer) to promote." --Louisville Courier Journal
"Othmer's story has dual appeal - as a portrait of a changing industry and a template for readers torn between a drive for professional success and a pull toward human happiness.
This makes Adland and James Othmer a great resource for anyone whose professional life makes them want to sing the from theme song from Alfie." -- The Huffington Post
“With a unique blend of humor and insight, Othmer guides us through this rapidly changing business and lets us see the direction in which it is headed. A must read for any student of advertising. -- Rick Boyko, Director, VCU Brandcenter
"Othmer is a witty and charming tour guide who chats self-deprecatingly about his own Adland epiphanies and humiliations while leading us inexorably toward the birthing room of Advertising Next. A terrific introduction to what advertising has been and what it is becoming, a memoir-manifesto with warmth and insight, and a must-read for those contemplating entering the industry." --Max Barry, author of COMPANY and JENNIFER GOVERNMENT
"For nearly half a century, David Ogilvy’s CONFESSIONS OF AN ADVERTISING MAN has served as the Old Testament for an industry. Now there’s a new one: James Othmer’s ADLAND. Fully aware of (but not made giddy by) the many changes that have brought advertising from the classical Age of Ogilvy to our current era of the digital baroque, Othmer describes the art of commerce with the insight of an insider and the bemusement of a novelist.” --Robert Thompson
Professor of Popular Culture, Syracuse University
"Admen are known not only for their creativity but for their quirkiness and iconoclasm as well, and this book clearly demonstrates the best traits of the trade: it's funny, clever, irreverent, gossipy, and surprisingly insightful about advertising, human nature, and the postmodern business world. Othmer's novel, The Futurist, was acclaimed for its biting wit and satire, which are evident here as the author chronicles his rise from bricklayer to muckety-muck on the creative side of a renowned agency and his trip out the back door again to the real world. VERDICT For anyone interested in a career in advertising, this is essential reading—at least to know what one is in for. But the book's relevance goes well beyond any sort of career preview or critique. In highly enlivening style, Othmer offers astute assessments of the world of business." --Library Journal, (starred review)
"What Upton Sinclair did for meatpacking, Jim Othmer has done for advertising -- only with far more humor and far less (physical) horror. ADLAND is destined to become a classic of its kind -- a must read for anyone brave (or insane or aimless) enough to toil in the fields of modern advertising."
-- Daniel H. Pink, author of A WHOLE NEW MIND
"James P. Othmer is one of the funniest writers at work today. Period. His keen eye for the absurdities of the modern world rivals the likes of George Saunders and Sam Lipsyte. You could sharpen knives on Othmer's sentences. Prior to his 2006 debut novel, The Futurist, he was honing his mad skills in the advertising racket, as an exec at Young & Rubicam. And though I daresay it was a colossal waste of his talents, I, for one, am glad he endured it, or we wouldn't have Adland, a hilarious and insightful chronicle of the rise and fall of a modern ad man." -Jonathan Evison, author of ALL ABOUT LULU and WEST OF HERE
"I've been in advertising more than twenty years and spent countless hours trying to tell people how insane and hilarious and exciting and pointless and fascinating it all is. Now all I have to do is hand them this book." -Jamie Barrett, Creative Director/Partner Goodby Silverstein & Partners, SF
"One of the pop culture must-reads of the year." -LargeHeartedBoy.com
“Othmer’s struggle to do the next right thing in a business predicated on greed, lust, envy and sloth makes for an enlightening as well as entertaining read.”
-Steffan Postaer, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Euro RSCG Chicago, Author, The Happy Soul Industry
"It takes a real writer to turn the farce into prose and yet keep a true perspective that allows the great moments to shine through. Having worked with Jim on farce, fantasy and some fantastic creative – I for one was mesmerized by our own doings – I have no doubt you will be too” – David Sable, Vice Chairman, COO, Wunderman Worldwide
"Othmer captures the authentic, raw and visceral feel of the advertising world, and actually makes it wildly entertaining. He never forgets it's not science, it's all about the people. Bravo. " --Mark Dowley, Partner, Endeavor
"Othmer tells it like it plays out every day and how it's probably going to play out tomorrow... with a sweet blend of sarcasm, sincerity and biting humor that makes you think "Is advertising really that bad? And if it is, how can I get in?" --Desmond Hall, SVP, Executive Creative Director, Global Hue
"I loved it...required reading for my team. Not only is Othmer a truly fresh engaging writer, he is digging at the truth in his own career with crisp intensity and coming to insight after insight in a way that helps all of us as we go forward as well."
-Pip Coburn, author, The Change Function, founder of Coburn Ventures, former Global Technology Strategist, UBS
"A wry and insightful look at the insanity that is advertising .and a peek 'behind the curtain' of the new world of advertising as seen through the eyes of a veteran who has seen it all and lived to tell about it. A must read for anyone who has ever wondered what really goes into creating an ad."
--David Griffith, VP Marketing, SONY Music
“Hysterically entertaining. It’s the best overview of advertising I’ve ever read. A must-read for all clients, students and anyone who’s ever been in the trenches. If you like Mad Men or Bewitched reruns, you’ll love this REAL observation of the advertising world from the trenches. Othmer describes his firsthand drama and elation with the old guard of advertising then pulls back the curtain on the future of the “non-advertising” agencies that are taking the industry to the next level. You’re gonna LOVE this book.”
--Jeff Griffith, Co-founder, Creative Director, Jugular
PRAISE FOR THE FUTURIST
"A funny, thoughtful satire of corporate life, mass media and political manipulation…If Othmer is spilling this many insider secrets, the Powers That Be must want him to – or he’s a dead man.” -Washington Post Book World
"A book so blackly accurate it can predict tomorrow's headlines.” -The Village Voice
"(An) acerbically funny book, clearly written by a refugee from corporate culture...Mr. Othmer's voice echoes other, well-established ones: Max Barry's for outrageously deft business satire, Christopher Buckley's for geopolitcal comedy of errors, Bruce Wagner's for free-floating malice...an impressive foray into satirical fiction." -The New York Times
"A frighteningly accurate send-up of modern corporate culture.'' -Fortune magazine
“At turns glib, trenchant, cynical, heartfelt, daffy and harrowing -- often on the same page." -Entertainment Weekly
"This intelligent, wise-cracking debut satire takes a hard look at what's cool, what's not and what people are willing to buy into morally, emotionally and culturally...leaves us with a taste of fear in our mouths even as we're laughing." -USA Today
"Othmer skewers media-driven policymaking, as well as celebrity pundits such as Faith Popcorn, out-of-touch billionaires and business opportunities in the Middle East."
-The Wall Street Journal
"A tour de force. Othmer's cultural riffing is a true joy, and his caustic humor is a devilish delight. Like The Corrections, this novel bristles with heady contemporary concepts, yet you can polish it off on an overnight flight." -LA Weekly
"Crass, funny satire." -Wired magazine
"A shrewd, funny and sometimes brutal vision of troubled times. Othmer is a sure-footed commentator."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Othmer possesses a firsthand understanding of how reality can be manufactured and distributed…Relentlessly entertaining, thanks to a knockout sense of humor, well-placed insights and the economy of language of a veteran adman."
-Time Out New York
"An incredibly original and highly readable story about the zeitgeist in us all. It’s safe to say that this book will kick your ass. It’s all here: wealth, greed, ego, religion, science and its failures, human or accidental in nature." -Aintitcoolnews.com
"This book is so "now" it hurts…It is a satirical and intelligent social commentary; an observation on the state of the world and the inescapability of our eventual global downward spiral into the abyss of consumerism, imperialism and capitalism." -Edmonton Alberta Journal
“Riotously astute and blazingly hip…across a sumptuously depicted global backdrop.” -BookPage
"Othmer takes amusing swipes at the likes of (real-life) futurist Faith Popcorn, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman and billionaires Ted Turner and Bill Gates...this spirited dissection of the contemporary cultural and political zeitgeist is a stylish winner in its own intelligently weird right."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"An entertaining romp...delights in the absurdities of our cynical, media-saturated, totally wired age."
-Fort Worth Star Telegram
"A scathing indictment of a world where image is everything, where complex issues can be boiled down to their most attractive - and lucrative - elements...satire so razor sharp that the premise is utterly believable while thoroughly absurd."
-Buffalo News
"Othmer is right on with his satirical critique of contemporary American culture and politics -- our gullibility and greed...Worth reading, sharing and discussing with cynics and optimists alike." -BookReporter.com
About Me
- James P. Othmer
- Mahopac, NY, United States
- I'm the author of HOLY WATER, THE FUTURIST and ADLAND. My essays, stories, Op-eds and reviews have recently appeared in Esquire, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Nylon, Ad Age, Virginia Qtly Review, Forbes.com and Conde Nast Portfolio. For publicity or speaking inquiries, contact Rachel Lapal at Doubleday, rlapal@randomhouse.com For consulting: jpothmer@yahoo.com Follow me at Twitter.com/jamespothmer Facebook: Facebook.com/james.othmer
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