Max Barry (also Maxx Barry; born March 18, 1973) is the Australian author of Syrup, Jennifer Government, and Company. He says about himself that he "put an extra X in his name for Syrup because he thought it was a funny joke about marketing and failed to realize everyone would assume he was a pretentious asshole." ^[1] He commands a cult following for his entertaining blog and his "funny and clever" ^[2] books. He is also the creator of NationStates (a game created to help advertise Jennifer Government) and is the owner of the website Tales of Corporate Oppression. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and daughter, and worked as a marketer for Hewlett-Packard before he became a novelist. In early 2004 Barry converted his web site to a weblog and began regularly posting to it. In the November 2004 issue of the magazine Fast Company the novel Company was ranked at number 8 on a list of the top 100 “people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.” ^[3] Barry has recently finished writing the screenplay for Syrup, which was optioned by Fortress Entertainment. Universal Pictures has acquired screen rights to Company, which will be adapted by Steve Pink. Jennifer Government has also been optioned by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney's Section 8 Films. March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or subject matter (content). ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Syrup is a satirical comedy of marketing and consumerism written by Max Barry. ... Jennifer Government is a black comedy written by Max Barry. ... Company is a book written by Max Barry. ... A weblog (now more commonly known as a blog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order). ... Created by Max Barry, Jennifer Government: NationStates is a game on the World Wide Web that is based on, and is a promotional tool for, his novel Jennifer Government. ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A weblog (now more commonly known as a blog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order). ... Fast Company is a 1979 film by Canadian director David Cronenberg. ... Steven Soderbergh on the set of Solaris. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, known for his role in the first five seasons of the long-running television drama ER (1994–1999) and his rise as an A-List movie star in...

Bibliography

• Syrup (1999), ISBN 0-14-029187-3
• Jennifer Government (2003), ISBN 1-4000-3092-7
• Company (2006), ISBN 0-385-51439-5

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References

• ↑ Lidsky, David (Issue 88, November 2004). "Fast Forward 2005". Fast Company. p.69
• ↑ Barry, Max (Blog). ""The Bio"". Max
• ↑ Walker, Rob (February 16, 2003). "Shoot to Sell". New York Times 2003

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• Max Barry's official site
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• NYT Review of Company
• Review of Jennifer Government at Fantasybookspot.com
• Review of Jennifer Government by Doug Muir