The hierarchy is well-known: the unreachable exalted tycoons at the top of the pyramid, the harassed executives in-between, and the burnt-out workaholics further down the line. The everyday rituals of power politics: the pecking order and the struggle for the acquisition of status symbols, ingratiation and intrigues, and self-perpetuating frustration - even in the domestic bedroom. As a former advertising professional and long-standing president of the Art Directors' Club, Martin Suter knows the milieu he describes like the back of his hand. His ›Business Class‹ stories with their keen, subtle observations are not only brilliantly written satires, they also read like a manual for executives: the stress factor - for whom is it a must, for whom a taboo? The furnishings of the director's office as a manifestation of a lust for power; the ritual of greeting, and what you can do wrong; a housewife trained in the art of hosting as a possibly crucial weapon in the fight against rivals. And lots more.