Company Man
Company Man is an exciting thriller, which explores the moral ambiguity of the modern age. Nick, a CEO of a company in a rustbelt town, sacks half the workforce in order to save the rest. In the aftermath he shoots a stalker that he believes is coming for his family.
Choices are made. Layoffs or close the whole factory. Call the cops or clean up the body.
The alternating views of the police were also interesting. The cops were lazy slobs during the stalking phase, progressing to formidable opponents while covering up the shooting. Meanwhile Nick's own conscience was catching up with him.
The twist in the end was interesting. Although I had thought of the ending as a possibility, there were so many threads and possibilities it was not predictable.
Company Man held my interest throughout the whole book, was an exciting thriller and presented a few interesting moral choices, without judging the choice in itself - it simply presented the consequences. Finder managed to make it possible to connect to most of the characters. In many ways all the characters were victims and all the characters were villains.
Rating: 4/5
Joseph Finder. Company Man
ISBN: 9780752868882
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