Eastern Standard Tribe

He slipped into his cover story with a conscious effort. "I'm a user-experience consultant. My coworkers are all paranoid about a deadline."

She rolled her eyes. "Not another one. God. Look, we go out for dinner, don't say a word about the kerb design or the waiter or the menu or the presentation, OK? OK? I'm serious."

Art solemnly crossed his heart. "Who else do you know in the biz?"

"My ex. He wouldn't or couldn't shut up about how much everything sucked. He was right, but so what? I wanted to enjoy it, suckitude and all."

Cory Doctorow has yet to write something I don't like. It's like he's plugged into what I'm thinking about and creating stories about it. I just finished Eastern Standard Tribe. Great Book. I didn't think I could like anything more than Down and Out... but this one beats it. The best part? Well, there's one character who's a User Experience designer (!) and one who works for McKinsey (!!). Get it, read it, enjoy it.