Product Description
by Martin Kihn (Author)
The basis for the Don Cheadle series on Netflix--a devastatingly accurate and darkly hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the cutthroat world of management consulting.
Once upon a time in Corporate America there was a group of men and women who were paid huge fees to tell organizations what they were doing wrong and how to improve themselves. These men and women promised everything and delivered nothing, said they were experts when they were not, sometimes ruined careers, and at best, only wasted time, energy, and huge sums of money. They called themselves Management Consultants....
Welcome to the world of Martin Kihn, a former standup comic and Emmy(R) Award-nominated television writer who decided to "go straight" and earn his MBA at a prestigious Ivy League university. In HOUSE OF LIES, he brazenly chronicles his first two years as a newly minted management consultant: featuring his struggles with erroneous advice, absurd arrogance, and bloody power struggles. Hey, it's all in a day's work- and it pays really well!
Author Biography
Martin Kihn was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work as head writer for MTV's Pop-Up Video, and was also a staff writer for New York magazine. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Forbes, GQ, Spy, and numerous other national publications. He is a graduate of the Columbia Business School and Yale University.
