Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee NX3414267136

_~Trippy, incisive, riotously funny_T ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN _~[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ' HALLE BUTLER 'A stunner_T NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH _~Luminous _ as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance writers_T room_T WASHINGTON POST A work place novel. A love story. A dream you can_Tt wake from_ Jonathan Abernathy is a loser. Unemployed and behind on his student loan repayments, the only thing Abernathy has in abundance is debt. When a secretive government loan forgiveness programme offers him a job he can literally do in his sleep, Abernathy thinks he_Ts found his big break. Hired as a dream auditor, he finds himself entering the dreams of white-collar workers to flag their anxieties for removal at night so they'll be more productive in the day. If Abernathy can at least appear competent, might he have a chance at a new life? As Abernathy tries to find his footing in this new gig, reality and morality begin to warp around him. Soon, the lines between life and work, right and wrong, and even sleep and consciousness, have blurred and Abernathy begins to wonder just what he might have signed away_ Wildly imaginative, laced with black humour and full of close-to-the-bone truths, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind is the cult workplace novel that_Ts like nothing else you've read before. _~Surrealist _ A scathing critique of capitalism_T TIME _~A rare and fine achievement._T THE TELEGRAPH 'Imagine the movie Inception, but populated by the middle-management workers in David Graeber_Ts book Bullshit Jobs' NEW YORK TIMES 'An excitingly original writer, inventing much needed and killingly funny satires for contemporary work and dreams of success' HOLLY PESTER _~A revelation_T HILARY LEICHTER _~An original mind brimming over with invention_T BEN MARCUS _~An exuberant, poignant, freewheeling debut _ very funny_T JEFF VANDERMEER _~The spiritual sibling of Severance, but creepier_T LITERARY HUB
Binding: Hardback