Executive Suite, Cameron Hawley
Executive Suite, Cameron Hawley
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Executive Suite
A Novel

Author: Cameron Hawley

Narrator: Austin

Unabridged: 11 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2026

Synopsis

Five ambitious executives vie for the top job at a major corporation after the president suddenly drops dead in this classic business novel This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling. Fifty-six-year-old Tredway Corporation president Avery Bullard is getting into a taxi after a business lunch in Manhattan when he collapses from a cerebral hemorrhage. Although his body isn't immediately identified, the reverberations of his death will soon be felt in the boardrooms of every branch of his company. In the minutes before he died, Bullard had finally decided on whom to appoint as his executive vice president—but he never got the chance to announce his selection. Now, with no successor in place, five corporate VPs—comptroller Loren P. Shaw, treasurer Frederick W. Alderson, design and development director Don Walling, manufacturing chief Jesse Grimm, and head of sales J. Walter Dudley—compete for the top position.   Who will ascend to the executive suite?   From the long-simmering resentments to the startling power plays, insider trading to rapid business decisions and personal dramas, Executive Suite is a riveting novel as well as an authentic and timeless depiction of how a corporation operates and what it takes to succeed in business.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Guy on January 01, 2016

Cameron Hawley’s novel, Executive Suite, a story of ambition and workplace politics opens in New York with the unexpected sudden death of 56 year old Avery Bullard. Bullard, who’s in New York to eliminate a man as a prospective executive vice president for the Tredwell Furntiure Corporation, suffers......more

Goodreads review by Terry on April 28, 2016

Dated but Refreshing It is hard to see the world through Cameron Hawley's eyes. It's been a long time. Yes, the gender stereotypes are present in full force. Yes, the images of executive suites and corporate ladder climbing are painfully dated. But underneath it all, Hawley manages to show us through......more

Goodreads review by Martin on May 29, 2018

Not Bad - The Movie is More to the Point Watch the movie. The speech at the end is special. A great business movie. The novel has too much misogynistic stuff for today's world. But interesting to see how things were in yesterday's business world.......more

Goodreads review by Sean on November 23, 2025

I've seen the movie a half dozen times so thought "what the heck, I'll read the book". Into it 50 pages and it is quite good and true to the movie (or vice versa I guess) while adding extra insight. 150 pages in and some more thoughts: 1) The screenwriter for the movie has made really, really good cho......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on May 20, 2024

Apart from the breathtakingly yet true-to-the-time rampant sexism, this is another example of a novel that fares better on the screen than between the covers of a book. I still find the movie so compelling that when I encounter it, I watch through to the end. Glad I read it, but won't be revisiting......more

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