![]() ![]() ![]() Even if you disagree, please don't make me wrong. ![]() The words Harry chooses to live by are: ``Hear and Understand Me. By the numbers, the hitherto impatient patient's do-or-die recovery regimen consists mainly of abiding by five responsive principles (whose initial letters spell out heart). With the patience of a saint, the muselike creature tutors her recalcitrant pupil in the fine art of (yes, folks) managing from the heart. During a near-death experience following (surprise!) a heart attack, however, Harry converses with a disembodied voice who answers to the name of Selena, giving himself a second chance at life-if he can change his ways. Hard- driving Harry (known to subordinates as the ``abominable no man'') runs a domestic oil refinery in notably autocratic fashion for Ramoco, a multinational energy enterprise. ![]() In deadly earnest fashion, unfortunately, Bracey and his three colleagues offer sanctimonious precepts through a set-piece narrative that logs a year in the fictive life of a senior corporate executive unblushingly christened Harry Hartwell. If the four SNAGs (sensitive New Age guys) responsible for this pretentious bosh had not included a closing pitch for their Atlanta-based consultancy, many readers might conclude they were lampooning the caring/sharing subgenre of management guides. ![]()
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