Lightning Rods: Shortlisted for the 2013 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction - Brossura

DeWitt, Helen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1908276290 ISBN 13: 9781908276292

Casa editrice: And Other Stories, 2012

Riassunto

Shortlisted for the 2013 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction
Failing salesman Joe has a dream ― or rather an outrageous fantasy. Holed up in his trailer, Joe devises a jaw-dropping plan that will stamp out sexual harassment in the workplace and make his fortune. Win-win? As he turns his life around, Lightning Rods takes us to the very top of corporate America...

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'A weird, generous, hilarious marvel.' --Teju Cole, author of Open City

'The question at the heart of the novel: What do you want? morphs inexorably into its sinister twin: How far are you prepared to go? ... A masterclass in contained satirical exploration.' --Sam Byers, TLS

'Uproariously funny.' --Wall Street Journal

L'autore

Helen DeWitt was born in Washington D.C. in 1957, but spent most of her childhood in South America. She has a B.A. and a D.Phil. in Classics from Oxford University. She worked in a collection of odd jobs while writing the highly acclaimed The Last Samurai, which was published in over twenty countries. Lightning Rods is her second novel to be published. DeWitt lives in Berlin.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: And Other Stories
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1908276290
• ISBN 13: 9781908276292
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile