Inhuman Resources

Pierre Lemaitre

ISBN 10: 0857059904 / ISBN 13: 9780857059901

Published by Quercus Publishing, GB, 2018

About this Item

Alain Delambre is a 57-year-old former HR executive, drained by four years of hopeless unemployment.All he is offered are small, demoralizing jobs. He has reached his very lowest ebb, and can see no way out.So when a major company finally invites him to an interview, Alain Delambre is ready to do anything, borrow money, shame his wife and his daughters and even participate in the ultimate recruitment test: a role-playing game that involves hostage-taking.Alain Delambre commits body and soul in this struggle to regain his dignity.But if he suddenly realised that the dice had been loaded against him from the start, his fury would be limitless.And what began as a role-play game could quickly become a bloodbath.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inhuman Resources
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing, GB
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857059904
• ISBN 13: 9780857059901
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 644 grams

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Synopsis

When Alain Delambre lost his job four years ago, he lost everything. Now he's breaking all the rules for one last shot at the life he thinks he deserves.

"you won't see the final twist coming" The New York Times

"A really excellent suspense novelist." Stephen King

Alain Delambre is a fifty-seven-year-old former HR executive, drained by four years of hopeless unemployment. The only job offers he gets are for low-level, demoralizing positions. He has reached rock bottom and can see no way out.

So when a major company finally invites him in for an interview, Alain is ready to do anything--borrow money, shame his wife and his daughters, and even participate in the ultimate recruitment test: a role-playing game that involves taking hostages.

Alain vows to commit body and soul in this struggle to regain his dignity. But if he had realized that the odds were stacked against him from the beginning, he never would have tried to land the position. Now, his fury is limitless. And what began as a role-playing game could quickly become a bloodbath.

About the Author

Pierre Lemaitre has won several literary awards, including the prestigious Prix Goncourt, for his novel Au revoir là-haut, published in English as The Great Swindle. He also won the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger three times, for The Great Swindle in 2016, and for Alex and Camille, two books in his breakthrough crime trilogy featuring Commandant Camille Verhoeven.