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Joseph Heller's rollicking novel, Catch-22, used black humor to point out, and point up, the inanities and insanities experienced by men at war. In a similar vein, It's Too Late to Leave Early employs plain vanilla humor to illustrate the frustrations and idiocies common to an industry the author, a former aerospace engineer, knows all too well. You'll meet many outrageous characters a one time porn queen who's into blackmail; the wealthy great-grandson of a Russian aviation pioneer who'lll do anything to get back the company he believes was "stolen" from his family; a former Air Force lieutenant colonel who reinvents himself as a totally inept favorite of management; a wannabe Western film star who's never been within fifty yards of a horse; an ultra-paranoid executive vice president and general manager; a nymphomaniacal lady scheduler and sundry others all of whom are embroiled in situations ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, and beyond. Enjoy!… (más)
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For every downtrodden, disillusioned aerospace engineer who ever fought the good fight . . .
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose
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(Prologue) On a blistering afternoon destined to commemorate a despot even more despotic than he himself, Great Pharoan Khufu called a halt to the procession of spearmen, archers, priests, chamberlains and court hangers-on making up his retinue. Desolated to think the mighty looked upon his works without despair -- a sore point -- he motioned for the bearers to set down his lapis-lazuli encrusted palanquin. Shielding his eyes against the westering sun, a swollen, yellow-orange blaze near the horizon, Pharoah Khufu gazed steadfastly at an oceanlike mirage shimmering above the Great Sand Sea.
Citas
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
"Oh, I don't know," he said. "Over the centuries they've had lots of company."
Joseph Heller's rollicking novel, Catch-22, used black humor to point out, and point up, the inanities and insanities experienced by men at war. In a similar vein, It's Too Late to Leave Early employs plain vanilla humor to illustrate the frustrations and idiocies common to an industry the author, a former aerospace engineer, knows all too well. You'll meet many outrageous characters a one time porn queen who's into blackmail; the wealthy great-grandson of a Russian aviation pioneer who'lll do anything to get back the company he believes was "stolen" from his family; a former Air Force lieutenant colonel who reinvents himself as a totally inept favorite of management; a wannabe Western film star who's never been within fifty yards of a horse; an ultra-paranoid executive vice president and general manager; a nymphomaniacal lady scheduler and sundry others all of whom are embroiled in situations ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, and beyond. Enjoy!
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