Book Review : West BEgg: The World’s New Power Elite

Name: West BEgg: The World’s New Power Elite
Writer: Mari Reiza
Publisher: Self published
Publication date: 10 January 2017
ISBN-10: 0995631751
ISBN-13: 978-0995631755
Pages: 164
Price: ₹729
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★

Blurb:

A book about what power does to people. 'Extremely funny and clever satire on corporate greed, excess, and the shady figures who really control the world.' 'A funny and interesting take on being an underling in the world of the elites.' Luca is a punch bag, a tea towel, a toilet bowl, to Macco One, the undeniable and unbreakable King of Egg Power, proud of averaging over a hundred flights a year to visit chicken markets around the world. Anna moved to Catania to work for Madame Sicily fulfilling varied tasks from picking up Céline swimwear before it hits the runways, to recovering badly parked Lamborghinis. La Revolução dreams through buildings but builds parking spaces, when she is not helping launder money for her boss's dad's dodgy charities. And finally, Carolina is out to conspire with Paquita who met her boss, the German, in a red lit booth, to understand why the man has to drain the passion out of everything. Their fates will collide at the preposterous Fanta party, but the question is whether their bosses will get what they deserve? West bEgg is a novel about the behaviour of the power elite who are often still arrogant and uneducated, ridiculously flamboyant, obscene, sex-obsessed, full of entitlement, afraid of rejection and unfortunately indestructible.

My thoughts:

Plotline:

The story revolves around the lives of four main characters – Luca, Anna, La Revolução and Paquita. 

Luna works under Macco One in a poultry equipment company. Anna works under Madame in Sicily in a company manufacturing CucunZZZ drink. La Revolução is an architect who works alongside Iraja. Carolina works under Matthias in a railway development project in Madrid. Although the four work in different parts of the world and are unknown of one another’s existence (until later in the story), the lives that the four live are quite similar. They are all ‘A punch bag, a tea towel, a toilet bowl’ for their respective bosses. While the bosses engage in a life filled with arrogance and power; Luca, Anna, La Revolução and Paquita go around cleaning their mess. West BEgg is a dark yet humorous satire that encapsulates the lives of those working in the corporate world.

Language and writing style:

✽ The language employed by the author is simple and comprehensible.
✼ The book is medium paced.
✽ The author has provided in-depth characterization which makes it easier for the readers to connect with the characters involved in the book.

Title and book cover:

✤ I was a little confused by the title but it was also intriguing.
✥ The book cover looks extremely captivating. It provides an appropriate insight into the corporate world.
✤ Also, the quality of the cover is explicit.

Dislikes:

There are way too many characters in the story which makes it tad bit difficult to remember and differentiate between the various characters.

Recommend?

It was a short and light read that dealt with the actual ongoing business affairs. You can give it a try if the genre suits you.