Lapham's Rules of Influence

by Lewis H. Lapham

Lewis H. Lapham's impudent, tongue-in-cheek advice for those seeking the limelight, accolades and the highest forms of career kudos. Clever and sardonic, these are the Rules to follow.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Humor, Social Commentary

Unknown Binding

First published May 18, 1999

About the author

Lewis Henry Lapham was the editor of Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and again from 1983 until 2006. He is the founder and current editor of Lapham's Quarterly, featuring a wide range of famous authors devoted to a single topic in each issue. Lapham has also written numerous books on politics and current affairs.

Lapham's Quarterly
http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/

Reviews

[Samuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I put this under non-fiction, but really, it is a satire on the upper classes. Looks at American society, but really, the lessons in this book apply anywhere.

[Ricardo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent sardonic advice for the careerist in development!

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don’t know whether you read Lapham’s columns in Harper’s, but this is a short distillation of most of the points he’s made about the new upper classes in the past ten years — a tongue-in-cheek Emily Post.

[Amir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lapham is quite pissed at the direction that the American "power system" (for lack of a better term) seems to be heading nowadays and sarcasm is his weapon of choice in this little expose.

[Amanda Hicks · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was very funny and very true.