Lightning Rods (Paperback)

Helen DeWitt

ISBN 10: 1908276290 / ISBN 13: 9781908276292

Published by And Other Stories, High Wycombe, 2012

About this Item

Paperback. 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. 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. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lightning Rods (Paperback)
• Publisher: And Other Stories, High Wycombe
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908276290
• ISBN 13: 9781908276292
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

'All I want is to be a success. That's all I ask.' Failing salesman Joe has a dream - or rather an outrageous fantasy. Because holed up in his trailer Joe comes up with 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.

About the Author

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.