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A first novel about a group of white-collar workers struggling with their lives, this received unprecedented coverage and universal acclaim on its hardback publication. Selected as a summer reading recommendation by "The Sunday Times", "Telegraph", "Guardian" and "Observer", this edition has a witty and bold new jacket treatment. A major publicity campaign involving national press advertising, Facebook groups and MySpace competition and a podcast is planned. 'Very funny, intense and exhilarating' "Times"
Synopsis
They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. There's Chris Yop, clinging to his ergonomic chair; Lynn Mason, the boss, whose breast cancer everyone pretends not to talk about; Carl Garbedian, secretly taking someone else's medication; Marcia Dwyer, whose hair is stuck in the eighties; and Benny, who's just - well, just Benny.
