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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
