Would you sell your soul for your dream job? That is the question that confronts Chiah Deng when she is asked to join the company Mammon Inc. With conflicting views from her Chinese parents and her mentor at Oxford, Chiah must weight the offer against everything she holds dear.
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Hwee Hwee Tan is 25 years old. Mammon Inc is her second novel. She is originally from Singapore, but now lives in New York.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Is
Format:Paperback
I have to write and defend Mammon Inc... I think I understand what the above reviewer means with "could have done better" - it is true that the clever plot peters out a bit at the end. But there is so much more to be enjoyed in this book, especially the banter between the main characters, and the easy flow of language propelling the narrative forward. (Obviously Hwee Hwee does this so much better than me - that last sentence looks gruesome.) It's all the nerdy obssessing over StarWars coupled with a dreamy view of Oxford that makes it so endearing, at least to a fellow nerd like me. Come on, this book is cool and cute at the same time - give it a chance!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By sin min
Format:Paperback
~mammon inc is about a singaporean culture caught up in globalisation. the female protagonist is given the task of 'converting' her caucasian boyfriend to singaporean culture while at the same time 'converting' her sister (or is it her mother?-- read it last year, can't remember) to a global/western culture; all these to a materialistic end. the writer displays much wit/humour (which i perceive but do not appreciate) as well as some degree of linguistic elegance, but all in all i find the novel~~ nothing more than an insincere display of wit. it is better than her first book 'foreign bodies'though.it is the kind of book that one reads for entertainment (more intellectual than most magazines), but not if you're looking for a book that is moving or one that will change your life.~
By Greshon
Format:Paperback
This book deals with the same issue as Orwell's 1930s classic, Keep the Aspidistra flying: whether a person of aristic and moral integrity should 'relent' and sell their soul for money, glamour and social status. In Orwell it's a desperately poor and unsuccessful poet fighting the temptation to become an advertising copywriter. In Mammon Inc its an infuriatingly bright Chinese Oxbridge graduate fighting the temptation of a hugely enviable positition in the world's largest company.
The elitist role is that of an 'adapter' - someone who helps people ('global nomands') born in one country and educated in another adapt to life in a third (though why somebody would need more help adapting to life in a third country than someone adpating to life in a second county eludes me).
Yes, in Mammon Inc, unlike in Orwell, there is a (seemingly important) cross-cultural element thrown in. This cross-cultural element, though, is quite superfical - just Tan chasing in on her remarkably international background.
The narrator's cleverness and smugness grows more and more irritaing and I was happy when it was all over. I read this book about 2 years ago but thought I'd write a review before I got rid of it.
The elitist role is that of an 'adapter' - someone who helps people ('global nomands') born in one country and educated in another adapt to life in a third (though why somebody would need more help adapting to life in a third country than someone adpating to life in a second county eludes me).
Yes, in Mammon Inc, unlike in Orwell, there is a (seemingly important) cross-cultural element thrown in. This cross-cultural element, though, is quite superfical - just Tan chasing in on her remarkably international background.
The narrator's cleverness and smugness grows more and more irritaing and I was happy when it was all over. I read this book about 2 years ago but thought I'd write a review before I got rid of it.
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I bought this book after hearing about it at a theatre festival launch by a local theatre group in Singapore, which is adapting the book for their November festival.
The book surrounds the foibles of a young Chinese Singaporean woman, Chiah Deng Gan, who is holed up in Oxford, England with her English male friend and fellow student, Steve Boulter. She receives an invitation to become an Adapter, a person who adapts expatriates into their transplanted country, by Mammon Inc., the world's largest company.
She has to pass 3 tests in order for her suitability for the job to be determined: convert Steve into a Singaporean, convert her sister into a Brit, and ease her way into a hip NY club.
Although the premise is interesting, I found the ending disappointing somewhat.
Could have been better.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By "jay1939"
Format:Paperback
Before this, I have never heard of Tan Hwee Hwee.
Mammon, the world largest company, would like to hire a person to teach cross cultural skills to its clients. The landscape is set in the future.
The book is very funny in content, the author uses current examples, sets the satarical and humourous tone.
The illustration of future landscape is entertaining and incredibly refreshing.
What the book lacks is - a strong character, which could bring out more issues and discuss them openly and satarically.
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