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"Yuppie meets internet in one of the worst books I have read in ages. Tom Ashbrook, an editor at The Boston Globe hits midlife as dawn breaks on the info superhighway. He struggles with "is this all there is?" as if no one in the world has asked this question before. He forms a partnership with a fellow Yalie and agonizes over taking a "leap" into internet startup limbo. What could have been an interesting look at how one does such things, degenerates into baby booming whining. There is one good thing about this book--read it if you want to know how NOT to act as you hit 40."
karen mulhern, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Main Adversary
Profession/status:
- writer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- concerned
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- capitalism
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 51-75% of book
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