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James P. Othmer is an Executive Director at advertising giant Young & Rubican. His short story, “The Futurist” – an excerpt from this novel – was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction. He lives in upstate New York.



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Adland
Adland
Written by James P. Othmer
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385524964
Our Price: $26.95
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Adland
Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet
Written by James P. Othmer

Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $26.95

Liar's Poker meets The Tipping Point meets Mad Men-a hilarious, personal, and sneakily profound chronicle of the past, present, and future of the advertising business.

Adland is a book about advertising. Which is to say, it's a book about every issue and aspect of life on our morally conflicted, culturally challenged, ubiquitously... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
The Futurist
The Futurist
Written by James P. Othmer
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307275141
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The Futurist

Written by James P. Othmer

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $13.95

Yates is a Futurist.Which is a fancy way of saying he flies around the world, lecturing various conferences, confabs, and conglomerates, dispensing prepackaged bullshit in an attempt to stay just ahead of the latest trend and claim he saw it first. But now Yates has lost faith in the very future... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Futurist
The Futurist
Written by James P. Othmer
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307386991
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The Futurist

Written by James P. Othmer

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $13.95

Yates is a Futurist. Which is to say he makes a very good living flying around the world dispensing premonitory wisdom, aka prepackaged bullshit, to world governments, corporations, and global leadership conferences. He is an optimist by trade and a cynic by choice. He’s the kind of man who can give... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Holy Water

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June 15, 2010
Holy Water
Written by James P. Othmer
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385525138
Our Price: $25.95
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Holy Water
A Novel
Written by James P. Othmer

Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 15, 2010
Price: $25.95

A mordant, ruefully funny novel about downsizing, outsourcing, globalization,  third-world dictatorships, and vasectomies, by the acclaimed author of The Futurist and Adland.

Henry Tuhoe is the quintessential twenty-first-century man. He has a vague, well-compensated job working for a multinational  conglomerate—but everyone around him is getting laid off as the company outsources... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Adland
Adland
Written by James P. Othmer
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385532136
Our Price: $26.95
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Adland
Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet
Written by James P. Othmer

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $26.95

Liar's Poker meets The Tipping Point meets Mad Men-a hilarious, personal, and sneakily profound chronicle of the past, present, and future of the advertising business.

Adland is a book about advertising. Which is to say, it's a book about every issue and aspect of life on our morally conflicted, culturally challenged, ubiquitously... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
Holy Water

Written by James P. Othmer

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: June 15, 2010
Price: $25.95

A mordant, ruefully funny novel about downsizing, outsourcing, globalization,  third-world dictatorships, and vasectomies, by the acclaimed author of The Futurist and Adland.

Henry Tuhoe is the quintessential twenty-first-century man. He has a vague, well-compensated job working for a multinational  conglomerate—but everyone around him is getting laid off as the company outsources... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.
Adland

Available
May 4, 2010
Adland
Written by James P. Othmer
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780767928977
Our Price: $15.00
 Quantity: 1 
Adland
Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet
Written by James P. Othmer

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $15.00

Liar's Poker meets The Tipping Point meets Mad Men-a hilarious, personal, and sneakily profound chronicle of the past, present, and future of the advertising business.

Adland is a book about advertising. Which is to say, it's a book about every issue and aspect of life on our morally conflicted, culturally challenged, ubiquitously... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
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