EAN: 9781526622259

THERES NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY JOB - KIKUKO TS...

_______________    'Surreal and unsettling' - Observer Cultural Highlight   'Wise  comical and
exceptionally relatable' - Zeba Talkhani    'Quietly hilarious and deeply attuned to the
uncanny rhythms and deadpan absurdity of the daily grind' - Sharlene Teo  _______________   A
woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that requires no reading  no writing -
and ideally  very little thinking.  She is sent to an office building where she is tasked with
watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods. But
observing someone for hours on end isn't so easy. How will she stay awake? When can she take
delivery of her favourite brand of tea? And  perhaps more importantly - how did she find
herself in this situation in the first place?  As she moves from job to job  writing bus
adverts for shops that mysteriously disappear  and composing advice for rice cracker wrappers
that generate thousands of devoted followers  it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not
searching for the easiest job at all  but something altogether more meaningful... 
_______________    'An irreverent but thoughtful voice  with light echoes of Haruki Murakami
... the book is uncannily timely ... a novel as smart as is quietly funny' - Financial Times  
'Polly Barton's translation skilfully captures the protagonist's dejected  anxious voice and
her deadpan humour ... imaginative and unusual' - Times Literary Supplement

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