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King of the Mississippi: A Novel by Mike Freedman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A biting, hilarious literary satire of war, business, and contemporary masculinity, set in the cutthroat-but-ridiculous world of management consultingKing of the Mississippi is an incisive, uproarious dissection of contemporary male vanity and delusion, centered around a "war" for dominance of a prestigious Houston consulting firm. On one side of the conflict is Brock Wharton, an old money ex-jock whose delight in telling clients to downsize is matched only by his firm conviction that people like himself deserve to run the world. On the other is Mike Fink, a newly hired wily former soldier trying to ride his veteran status to the top of a corporate world that lionizes "the troops" without truly understanding them. Brock and Mike are mortal enemies on sight, bitterly divided not only by background and class but by diametrically opposed (yet equally delusional) visions of what it means to "be a man." And as their escalating conflict spirals out of control, it will...

Who reads King of the Mississippi: A Novel?

Author

Mike Freedman

Publisher

Hogarth Press;Crown/Archetype

Published

2019

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.9 / 5 (60 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14