Working Class Zero

Payne, Rob

ISBN 10: 0330364510 / ISBN 13: 9780330364515

Published by Pan MacMillan Publishers, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2003

About this Item

Medium Trade Paperback. 264 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan MacMillan Publishers, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2003. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: We have all witnessed and/or experienced a little of Jay thompson's working life. The clash of personalities, the flirtations, the mundaneness. An office environment under the microscope and at its absolute cringing best. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humour; ISBN: 0330364510. ISBN/EAN: 9780330364515. Inventory No: 10044661. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Working Class Zero
• Publisher: Pan MacMillan Publishers, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330364510
• ISBN 13: 9780330364515
• Binding: Medium Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Humour

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Synopsis

Office politics and misguided lust collide in Rob Payne’s hilarious newnovel Praise for Rob "Think Nick Hornby or even Roddy Doyle…adds a much-needed rebel yellto…CanLit." ¾ Eye Magazine "What a hoot! Quirky and original…" ¾ Will Ferguson, author of Happiness "…a surprisingly heartfelt book." ¾ Quill & Quire My Life is ticking away one subway token at a time… Thus begins 30-year old Jay Thompson’s tale of life in Corporate Purgatory.From the individual production modules (a.k.a. cubicles), KGB-stylereceptionists, and inept bosses with Rod Stewart hair, life has never been easyat HMS Trust’s head office. Things are about to get a lot worse. Thanks to his "high accuracy" assessment (which took the employmentagency all of one hour to complete), Jay lands the biggestpromotion-with-out-pay in his life – as the reluctant head of a chaotic callcentre full of temps, at peak season. Enter young Samantha, a temp with more flirtatious energy than Helena BonhamCarter. And of course Jan, Jay’s longtime live-in girlfriend (a second-yeardoctoral student majoring in English Literature/Antisocial Neglect of Her LifePartner); best friend Tyler (dispenser of suspect advice, part-timeRingo Starr impersonator); brother Sheldon (armed with a major life-changingannouncement); and psychotic parents Jim and Sharon, who take bitterrecrimination to all-star levels. What we get is an honest, wickedly funny and ruthlessly disenchanting look atlife, love, and middle management in the Age of the Corporation.