![]() ![]() When Tom gets a new job working for the president of the Universal Broadcasting Corporation, Tom begins to realize how trapped into the conformity around him he is. And Tom feels the pressure that this conformity brings, the need to get the better job, to be just like the neighbors and like the same things. Everyday he puts on his grey flannel suit to commute from his Connecticut home to work in New York where he blends in with all of the other men doing the same thing, all wearing their grey flannel suits. Tom Rath is a man who is living a life of lies. At once a searing indictment of corporate culture, a story of a young man confronting his past and future with honesty, and a testament to the enduring power of family, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a deeply rewarding novel about the importance of taking responsibility for one's own life. Like so many young men of the day, Tom finds himself caught up in the corporate rat race-what he encounters there propels him on a voyage of self-discovery that will turn his world inside out. They have every reason to be happy, but for some reason they are not. Here is the story of Tom and Betsy Rath, a young couple with everything going for them: three healthy children, a nice home, a steady income. It was a national bestseller that was made into an award-winning film, it was translated into twenty-six languages, and its title has become a permanent part of our cultural vocabulary. ![]() ![]() Universally acclaimed when first published in 1955, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit captured the mood of a generation. ![]()
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