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Secrets of the Wholly Grill : a novel about cravings, barbecue, and software

Title
Secrets of the Wholly Grill : a novel about cravings, barbecue, and software / Lawrence G. Townsend.
Author
Townsend, Lawrence G.
Publication
New York : Carroll & Graf, 2002.

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330 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  • "Someone in Silicon Valley is stirring up trouble again, and it's just who you'd expect: The software giant ThinkSoft, and it's megalomaniacal founder, Art Newman. They are making coded mischief with their newest product, a backyard barbecue. Or, should we say, "a laser-powered cooking device, connected by modem to a proprietary information network, designed to provide the ultimate outdoor dining experience for millions of barbecue-loving Americans - the Wholly Grill!"".
  • "However, the Wholly Grill has the whole legal system on edge. ThinkSoft has shipped packages of sirloin, marinated in a special trade secret sauce, to millions of homes free of charge, but the ultra-fine print on the shrink-wrap label requires the user to cook the meaty giveaway only on the Wholly Grill. And that's just the beginning of ThinkSoft's legal snare.".
  • "Freakish accidents and cruel punishments befall grillers who disobey any of the strict license terms: dangerous explosions of the secret sauce's Smoke Crystals; and SWAT teams and K-9 units breaking up mom-and-pop delis and charity picnics ("you agree not to make any commercial or for-profit use of the Information System"). On top of all this, the secret sauce is producing strung-out barbecue junkies. Could there be something addictive in the Wholly Grill Barbecue Sauce?".
  • "It's up to the team of high profile loose-cannon-at-law Edwin G. Ostermyer, his fledgling associate Will Swanson, the alluring reporter Persi Valentino, and portly plaintiff Lenny Milton to take down the info-tech giant and its high priest of high tech in a comic class-action suit for the ages.".
  • "The evidence is hidden in ThinkSoft's headquarters, which Will and Persi must infiltrate. As they reveal the secrets of the Wholly Grill in open court, author Lawrence G. Townsend crafts a hilarious and topical story in a style that brings to mind Joseph Heller - or John Grisham on laughing gas."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN
0786709650 :
OCLC
  • 48713295
  • ocm48713295
  • SCSB-4264494
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Columbia University Libraries