Last August, we featured a post on advertisement themed reads in light of the arrival of season 3 of the TV show Mad Men. Season 3 came and went, and a show that had quite a bit of buzz now has an even bigger amount, with critical and popular acclaim growing seemingly every day. With the arrival of Season 4 on July 25th, it seemed worth revisiting both last year’s post and the TV phenomena.
In the year between seasons, we’ve yet to see a barrage of ad firm set novels (it could still happen), but below are some of the ones that we suggested last year.
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Mad for Mad Men (previous posted on Aug 11/2009)
TV fans are abuzz wit
If the era and/or subject of Mad Men the TV show interests you – you might want to check out some of the following as well:
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris – according to this darkly funny novel from 2007, the ad world in the 21st century is much less glamorous than the one in the 1960s
Adland: A Global History of Advertising by Mark – find out the history behind advertising from Madison Avenue and beyond.
A Freewheenin
Then We Set His Hair On Fire: Insights and Accidents From a Ha ll of Fame Career in Advertising by Phil
Dusenberry- more memoirs from advertising insiders.
The King of Madison Avenue: David Olgilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising by Kenneth Roman – bio of a real life “mad man”