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When Martin Kihn joined a powerhouse New York consulting firm, he thought his job was to help organizations. In reality, the consultants spent precious work hours prowling for new clients, and offered little or no useful information. From power breakfasts with mind games to the screaming indignity of Feedback Camp in New Jersey, House of Lies reveals the truth about a profession that could threaten your job, your career, and your life ... and even throws you some lifelines should the suits start circling your company.

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This somewhat disjointed, highly intelligent and deeply funny debut memoir skewers a segment of the economy that nearly every white-collar worker has learned to fear and loathe: consultancies. -- Publishers Weekly With sharp wit, consultant Kihn tears down myths surrounding the highly profitable and revered management-consulting industry. -- Booklist A more entertaining book about business is unlikely to appear for a long time. -- Economist.com

A more entertaining book about business is unlikely to appear for a long time. -- Economist.com This somewhat disjointed, highly intelligent and deeply funny debut memoir skewers a segment of the economy that nearly every white-collar worker has learned to fear and loathe: consultancies. -- Publishers Weekly With sharp wit, consultant Kihn tears down myths surrounding the highly profitable and revered management-consulting industry. -- Booklist

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Martin Kihn is an Emmy Award-nominated former writer for MTV's Pop-Up Video and the author of House of Lies. He has worked at Spy, Forbes, and New York, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Details, and Cosmopolitan. He lives in Minneapolis. Johnny Heller, winner of dozens of AudioFile Earphones Awards, is a two-time winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration and was named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013.

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