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	Jennifer Government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jennifer Government is a fl comedy written by Max Barry.
		Meanwhile, Jennifer Government, a Government agent with a barcode tattoo under her left eye, is tracking down who is responsible, fueled by a personal score to settle.
		Jennifer Government - A Government agent with a barcode tattoo—later revealed to be that of Malibu Barbie.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jennifer_Government (1457 words)

	Jennifer Government: NationStates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jennifer Government: NationStates is a nation simulation game playable on the World Wide Web.
		It was created by Max Barry in late 2002, based loosely on his novel Jennifer Government.
		In the game, a player has charge of a "nation", deciding government policies on automatically-presented issues from a list of options.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jennifer_Government:_NationStates (1296 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Jennifer Government: A Novel
		When Jennifer Government, a government agent, is tipped off that a Nike advertising campaign will involve the murder of several people, she sets out to prevent these crimes (crime prevention is in her job description).
		Soon Hack finds himself pursued by Jennifer Government, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a rabid determination to nail John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike).
		Jennifer Government is the kind of novel that can become a byword -- a Catch-22 for the New World Order, a satire both broad and pointed, deeply funny and disturbingly on-target.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=53173375 (417 words)

	WOIFM: Jennifer Government
		Since World War II, the U.S. government has raked in an average of 18% of the entire American economy per year in taxes, compared to around 5% before - almost all of that increase coming out of the pockets of individual Americans in form of payroll and income taxes.
		As to the second point, government is a drag on big business, yes, but big busines has become very adept at co-opting government power to its own benefit.
		Government, more than anything, is a partner of big business in keeping the little guy down.
	perpetualbeta.com /woifm/archive/002611.html (427 words)

	BookBag@theLogBook.com \| Jennifer Government
		Because she has a strong sense of justice, even in the face of a Government that doesn't prosecute crimes unless a victim's family personally funds the investigation.
		Jennifer Government isn't so much Catch-22 as it is Brave New World through a wacky funhouse mirror.
		Even the Police and the NRA are corporate entities here, with their own specific allegiances, while the Government holds on to the last few regulatory strands that "capitalizm" hasn't torn away from it.
	www.thelogbook.com /read/q3-03/jennifer.htm (645 words)

	Barry's Jennifer Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jennifer finds herself drawn into a complex world in which the patsy Hack Nike and the unlucky Billy Bechtel become pawns in a game of corporate intrigue masterminded by the evil marketer John Nike.
		Jennifer Government and Barry's first novel, Syrup, are both examples of leftist satires that take make the best use of the slick techniques of ultra-hip fiction -- Douglas Coupland and Chuck Palahniuk both come to mind -- but with a more readily legible political standpoint.
		Jennifer Government is unabashedly a work of popular fiction, drawing on the conventions of thriller plots and chase scenes pioneered by the likes of Tom Clancy and John Le Carré.
	reconstruction.eserver.org /BReviews/revJennifer.htm (456 words)

	Jennifer Government \| by Max Barry
		And Jennifer Government, a legendary agent with a barcode tattoo, is the consumer watchdog from hell.
		The government agent Jennifer is struggling against baby-sitter problems in the same time as she has too save the world from aggressive marketing methods like torture, mass murder and strategic nukes… A satire from the wonderful world of the big companies, not too unlike from our own…
		That is, while Jennifer Government in the novel has a barcode tattoo for a particular product—which nobody is going to give away in the comments here, lest I smite their account—the barcode under Jen’s eye on the cover is for the book itself.
	www.maxbarry.com /jennifergovernment (2515 words)

	The Easel :: Magazine of the Arts: Max Barry, "Jennifer Government" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jennifer Government is a story about capitalism turned to anarchy.
		The NRA is a private army, and the government has to beg for funds before they can catch the bad guys.
		Overall, Jennifer Government was an entertaining read, but don’t look too deeply for the political message, and definitely don’t believe the overstated claims that it is the Catch 22 for the new millennium.
	www.the-easel.com /reviews/19/max-barry-jennifer-government (252 words)

	Review: Jennifer Government
		Hot on his heels for the murders, and other personal reasons, is Agent Jennifer Government.
		Jennifer's tattoo (from the cover art) builds itself up throughout the novel as something dark, lurid, and dehumanizing.
		You imagine that it is a clue to her horrible past that drives her pursuit of this particular bad guy.
	bluejay.mind.net /darkcrossings/jennifergovt.html (505 words)

	Jennifer Government: Nation States - Science-Fiction & Fantasy forums
		It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Social Welfare, although Education and Healthcare are on the agenda.
		The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and the Environment.
		The enormous, socially-minded government is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although Healthcare and Education are secondary priorities.
	www.chronicles-network.com /forum/3064-jennifer-government-nation-states.html (1493 words)

	loosie: words: Book Review: "Jennifer Government"
		Max Barry’s “Jennifer Government” describes a world completely overrun by laissez-fair economics and capitalist greed: employees take their company’s name as a surname (Barry Doubleday), children attend schools founded by toy companies, thugs roam the streets with corporate logo tattoos and human lives are strictly viewed as cost-effectiveness equations.
		Any government interference in commerce is viewed as an infringement on the rights of business interests.
		Perhaps it is because of his Australian heritage, but much of “Jennifer Government” seems written by someone who just happened to catch the CNN updates on a few tales of American corporate misconduct.
	www.loosie.com /words/archives/2003/02/000280.php (659 words)

	The Alien Online - Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror News, Reviews, Articles and more...
		While Jennifer - who it transpires, has a past history in the corporations and with John - tries to track John down and find out what he is up to, he is planning a final showdown with the opposing corporate block and the remaining government.
		What Jennifer Government does is update the older SF themes and mix these contemporary happenings into the stew, a little zeitgeist spice to stir things up.
		Jennifer Government is a much broader work than that, it is a fl farce rather than cutting satire.
	www.thealienonline.net /ao_060.asp?baa=1&tid=2&scid=14&iid=1812 (1808 words)

	Review - Jennifer Government by Max Barry
		Hack Nike is a low employee on the great totem pole that is Nike and when he is asked by John Nike to kill a few teenagers to increase the desirability of their new trainers he feels that he must accept this task in order to advance his career.
		Jennifer is an enigmatic lady, with her barcode tattoo, partially covered by sunglasses, we do not find out what it means until very near the end of the book, although there are hints when she meets a man with whom she used to work on a visit to Los Angeles.
		Jennifer is at the Mall when the first advertising campaign killing takes place, waiting for the killers, but she is hurt in their escape and she feels let down by the government because the people killed in this stunt all have low-incomes and therefore are not worth a budget allocation.
	www.booklore.co.uk /PastReviews/BarryMax/JenniferGovernment/JenniferGovernmentReview.htm (801 words)

	Jennifer Government by Max Barry - an infinity plus review
		Jennifer Government, the eponymous hero of Max Barry's satirical thriller, is on to him, but to capture him she'll have to fight her way through a tangled plot that involves the NRA, consumer savings programs, and a corporate war.
		Jennifer Government is an entertaining romp that delivers mordant social commentary and suspenseful thrills, both woven into a cleverly convoluted plot.
		In the wake of the near-cataclysmic events that surround the inevitable showdown between Jennifer Government and John Nike, nothing really substantial happens.
	www.infinityplus.co.uk /fantasticfiction/jennifergovt.htm (390 words)

	Amazon.com: Jennifer Government (Vintage Contemporaries): Books: Max Barry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		But, with its sketchy characters and slow dialogue, Jennifer Government will disappoint anyone who believes the cover copy's grandiose claim that this is "a Catch-22 for the New World Order." --Cynthia Ward --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
		With almost tribe-like allegiances, employees take the name of their employer as a surname--therefore, with this definition, Jennifer Government works for the government, and the unemployed?...Well, they're Unmentionables as far as consumer spending is concerned.
		Jennifer Government is a much more serious novel--an indictment of the world as it may well become--a world in which it is in the best interests of business who now flagrantly "put a price tag on human life" to unleash anarchy and create the ultimate free-market--displacedhuman
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400030927?v=glance (2169 words)

	Matthew Yglesias: Jennifer Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jennifer and Barry want you to believe that the key thing in creating their dystopic world was the abolition of taxation.
		For a number of reasons they did not know what was planned for them and went along with "their" governments plan to "relocate them for their own good".
		Later, the government would claim these weapons were proof that Armenians were about to rebel.
	yglesias.typepad.com /matthew/2004/11/ijennifer_gover.html (668 words)

	Jennifer Government -- Audio book download (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Soon Hack finds himself pursued by Jennifer Government, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a rabid determination to nail John Nike.
		In a world where your job title means everything, the most cherished possession is a platinum credit card, Jennifer Government is the consumer watchdog from hell.
		Jennifer Government is a Catch-22 for the New World Order, a satire both broad and pointed, deeply funny and disturbingly on-target.
	www.all-audio-books.com /fiction/humor/jennifer-government.shtml (275 words)

	Books: Book Review: Jennifer Government [varsity.co.nz] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jennifer spends most of her time in the book pursuing the evil John Nike (of the Nike corporation), who has gone so far as to order the shooting of several teenagers in order to push more shoes; and that's only the beginning of John's evil plans.
		Some of them have catch phrases (Jennifer likes to say: “And yet,”), like sit-com characters, but this is about the extent of the character depth I encountered.
		In the case of Jennifer Government, it really does seem like the book wants to make a point but in the end, but it doesn’t because it's just too constrained by the style it's written in.
	www.varsity.co.nz /books/articles.asp?id=3918 (695 words)

	afireinside.org/subvulture.com - humour articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		I half recalled seeing the name in the newspaper and the cover had a blurb from Naomi Klien, the author of 'No Logo', that claimed it was "brilliant and hilarious" wihch made it sound promising.
		That was there the problems began, if 'Jennifer Government' had relied less upon what was familiar it might have engaged the reader's interest more.
		As if to make 'Jennifer Government' appeal to the chic-lit women's liberation lobby Jennifer is a single mum and dumps her kid on a random bloke after inviting him over for dinner.
	www.subvulture.com /archive/123.html (531 words)

	RobotFist - Book Review - 'Jennifer Government', Max Barry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Nowadays with their government lobbyists, secret research, and even privately-funded police forces, it's looking more and more like big business is beginning to run the show.
		Jennifer Government, for example, is a government employee investigating some shootings that just might be the result some shifty business practices.
		Well, she will be investigating, if the victims' families can provide the Government funding to bring the perpetrators to justice.
	www.robotfist.com /protofist/030514/030514_41.html (423 words)

	Jennifer Government - Max Barry
		Taxes have been abolished, shrivelling government to a shell of its former self and greatly reducing its role: "They just stop people stealing or hurting each other and everything else is taken care of by the private sector, which everyone knows is more efficient", as a schoolgirl explains.
		Jennifer's daughter goes to a school run by Mattel (making for a Barbie-paradise), the NRA (America's favourite gung-ho gun-group) is an even more significant player in this society, and crimes are only investigated if the victims pay, as Jennifer explains:
		One understands why the film rights for Jennifer Government were quickly optioned -- it really sounds like a fun idea, summed up in a few sentences (capitalizm with a "z", consumerism the be-all and end-all, government marginalized, gargantuan corporate takeover battles).
	www.complete-review.com /reviews/barrym/jgovern.htm (1669 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Jennifer Government - Max Barry - Paperback
		Scared, Hack goes to the Police, who assume he's asking for a subcontracting deal and lease the job to the NRA." Soon Hack finds himself pursued by Jennifer Government, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a rabid determination to nail John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike).
		Jennifer is a single mother with a savvy daughter, Kate Mattel (children take the name of their school), who is a bit of a heroine herself.
		A hard-boiled detective with a soft heart and a ready wisecrack, Jennifer has an enigmatic tattoo, a mysterious past, and a mission to bring down wrongdoers-especially at Nike.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=8I2ihEUCpu&isbn=1400030927&itm=1 (996 words)

	Jennifer Government: NationStates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jennifer Government: NationStates is a nation simulation game.
		You create your own country, fashioned after your own political ideals, and care for its people.
		NationStates is based on the novel Jennifer Government by Max Barry.
	www.nationstates.net (43 words)

	Books (etc) We Like (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Imagine the U.S. has taken over most of the free world as satellite territories, the government has been privatized and police departments are reduced to searching for private funding to solve crime.
		Why Jennifer is hell-bent on bringing down John Nike, the ruthless marketing manager who duped Hack, serves as the basis of this fast-paced satire Berry intricately weaves.
		I'd started reading Jennifer Government a couple years back when I was working at the bookstore, and I never got around to finishing it, so I picked it up.
	bookswelike.net /isbn/1400030927 (1213 words)

	CNN.com - Review: 'Jennifer' ungoverned - Jun. 9, 2003
		But the problem with "Jennifer Government" is that its basic plot -- in which corporations go to any lengths to build profits -- is as far as it goes.
		Meanwhile, the government for which our heroine Jennifer works turns out to be only one player in a world of colliding multinational entities that form even bigger cartels.
		The reason Jennifer seems to become progressively influenced by those pedestrian personal connections is that the bash and clash of Pepsico and ExxonMobil just aren't enough.
	www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/books/06/09/review.jennifer.government (828 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Jennifer' satirizes our consumerism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sometime in the near future, the entire world except France is a part of the USA, and the government hides in the shadows of two massive corporate conglomerates: the US Alliance and Team Advantage.
		Among them is Billy NRA, a misplaced sharpshooter; John Nike, one of the egocentric masterminds behind the contract; Buy Mitsui, a good soul with no confidence; and of course Jennifer Government, the vengeful heroine with a barcode tattooed under one eye.
		Not only does Jennifer Government satirize consumerism and marketing in America, it challenges its characters and drives them to find their own solution to the chaos, a gem all its own.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/reviews/2003-01-29-jennifer_x.htm (493 words)

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