Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch, Richard Hine
Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch, Richard Hine
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Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch

Author: Richard Hine

Narrator: Aaron Abano

Unabridged: 7 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/25/2012

Synopsis

Russell Wiley is in deep trouble. A media executive for the failing Daily Business Chronicle, his career is teetering on the brink of collapse, and his sexless marriage is fast approaching its expiration date. With his professional and personal lives floundering, it’s no wonder Russell is distracted, unhappy, and losing faith in himself. Making matters worse are his scheming boss, a hot-shot new consultant determined to see Russell ousted, and the beguiling colleague whose mere presence has a disconcerting effect on Russell’s starved libido. Disaster seems imminent…and that’s before he makes a careless mistake that could cost the paper millions. Russell realizes he must take drastic action if he is going to salvage his career, his love life, and what little remains of his self-respect. Sardonic, edgy, and true to life, this gripping novel offers an insider’s view into a newspaper’s inner sanctum and the people who oil the wheels of the “old media” machine.

About Richard Hine

London-born Richard Hine began his career as an advertising copywriter. After moving to New York at the age of 24, he held creative and marketing positions at Adweek, Time, where he became publisher of Time’s Latin America edition, and The Wall Street Journal, where he was the marketing vice president responsible for the launch of the Journal’s Weekend Edition. Since 2006, Hine has worked as a marketing and media consultant, ghostwriter, and novelist.  His fiction has appeared in numerous literary publications, including London Magazine and Brooklyn Review. He lives in New York City with the novelist Amanda Filipacchi.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lee on December 11, 2013

Loved this office novel set during the dissolution of print media, symbolically paralleling Russell Wiley's existential digitization/scrambling of self into zeros and ones. Read much of it at first in manuscript way back when as the author set himself the goal of writing for ten minutes each morning......more

Goodreads review by Jarucia on December 08, 2010

Funny, Humorous and Light..I dub thee 'chuck-lit'. (Chuck-lit...chick-lit for men but manly.) I'd love to say "If you loved Bridget Jones..." but I know the 'industry' would shake their head at that. I don't care. I love Bridget Jones and now I love Russell Wiley. From beginning to end, this had me laug......more

Goodreads review by Athira on April 24, 2011

Russell Wiley is facing a crisis - at home and at work. At a time when the newspaper industry is struggling and declining, Russell is working hard to win back contracts and find ways to keep the old customers and bring in new ones. Meanwhile, his boss, Henry Moss is planning for more layoffs and is......more

Goodreads review by Steffan on August 05, 2010

Leaders are like Unicorns ... As I quickly got sucked into this tale of woe, I had to stop myself several times and mentally think back and unscramble some of the references made and connect them to their real-life events. From Sam Zell to dead hikers in Oregon, my brain worked overtime to nail-down......more

Goodreads review by Deanna on September 20, 2010

Russell Wiley is a victim of the recession and modern times. The author stated in an interview he conducted with himself (grin) that the book is set in 2006 because that's the official year that print died. Russell is middle management for an almost-dead business daily that is No. 4 in a world where......more

Quotes

“A rollicking satire about the slitherings of corporate snakes and the gambits of conjob consultants in the desperate world of modern media.” —Paul Steiger, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica.org“A perfectly dry satire of the particular hell that is newspaper publishing circa Right Now.” —Lucinda Rosenfeld, author of I’m So Happy for You: A Novel about Best Friends“This book is an up-to-date-hilarious snapshot of the problems facing mainstream media. It’s got an insider’s touch and despite its sharp fangs there’s love for the newspaper business throughout the novel. If you have ever been in the media business I think you’ll treasure Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch.” —Tim McGuire, Frank Russell Chair for the business of journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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