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Lightning Rods
Helen Dewitt
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Description for Lightning Rods
Paperback. 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. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
'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.
'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.
Product Details
Publisher
And Other Stories United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908276292
SKU
V9781908276292
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About Helen Dewitt
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Lightning Rods
'A weird, generous, hilarious marvel.' Teju Cole, author of Open City.
- 'The question at the heart of the novel: What do you want? morphs inexorably into its sinister twin: How far are you prepared to go? ... A masterclass in contained satirical exploration.' Sam Byers, TLS
-'Uproariously funny.' Wall Street Journal
'DeWitt's wickedly smart ... Read more
- 'The question at the heart of the novel: What do you want? morphs inexorably into its sinister twin: How far are you prepared to go? ... A masterclass in contained satirical exploration.' Sam Byers, TLS
-'Uproariously funny.' Wall Street Journal
'DeWitt's wickedly smart ... Read more