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This novel defines the power of envy and jealousy in the workplace particularly when these feelings are encouraged by a figure of power. Angevine decides to start selling American secrets to the Russians because he is angered when he is passed over for a promotion. Zyuganov, meanwhile, is jealous because his subordinate is getting more praise from Putin, the country’s leader, than Zyuganov is. Feeding Zyuganov’s murderous envy is