Paranoia

Well, today is my day off from work and what did I do? I spent most of the day reading Joseph Finder's Paranoia. It's a corporate espionage thriller that is enlivened by a wonderfully wry, witty tone.

The book is set in present-day Silicon Valley, with two companies - one Oracle-like, with a messianic Larry Ellison-like CEO, the other with an Andrew Grove-type paternal-type leader with a fierce blood-on-the-lips, take-no-prisoners attitude just below the surface - vie for supremacy over a new "killer app."

This is my first corporate thriller novel and I like the genre so far. I started the book yesterday afternoon and finished it just an hour ago. It was that entertaining.