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  • A Happy Bureaucracy

  • A Post-Apocalyptic Parody Novel (The Happy Bureaucracy, Book 1)
  • By: M.P. Fitzgerald
  • Narrated by: Gary Bennett
  • Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins

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By: M.P. Fitzgerald
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Publisher's Summary

Nukes ended most of society. Now all that's left is taxes.

Arthur McDowell works for the most indestructible employer left in post-apocalyptic America: the IRS. Safe and sound inside a government bunker, Arthur is proud to be just another drone. But for an ambitious man (and excellent typist) such as Arthur, a promotion to supervisor is just around the corner.

Arthur's world flips when instead of a becoming supervisor, the brass makes him a census-taker. His task: to head out into the irradiated streets armed with paperwork and red tape. Assigned to him is a drug-addicted bodyguard, Rabia Duke, who could care less if they survive.

All's well at first, but after Arthur is confronted by a warlord, he realizes that the only thing that can save them all is a massive audit. Because even above radiation, roving gangs, and starvation, what the world should fear the most remains bureaucracy. A happy bureaucracy.

Brazil by way of Mad Max, M.P. Fitzgerald's A Happy Bureaucracy is a bleak and hilarious look at the wheels of a system that keep turning even when nothing else is left. Get your copy today!

©2019 M.P. Fitzgerald (P)2021 M.P. Fitzgerald

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