Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33003 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

A hilarious novel
In a way, I feel miffed that this is Paul Neilan's only work, as this remains one of the best novels I own (and I'm not prone to superlatives). By turns a biting attack on the average workplace, a selection of absurdist situations, and a beautiful commentary of a slightly off-centre young male, this is ideal for anyone who has ever been bored in their job, finds the people around them strange and unreal, or has even the remotest sense of humour. Because that's where the core of this book lies - in its comedy. Although I'm far from the real target audience (at a guess, I'd say the disillusioned American male shop clerk, of which I only represent one group), I was struggling not to embarrass myself on the bus whilst reading this book - I challenge you not to either.

An excellent read..More please!!
This has to be one of the best books I've read in quite a while. His take on office life is something I can relate to - I used to work for an insurance company, though minus the cubicles the poor souls have to work in thank god! The characters are well written and it makes you wonder how many people close to home have influenced his writing.

Cynical and hilarious, I'd recommend it to anyone.

Funny gags strung together
Basically this book is a load of very funny gags and observations strung together into a story that is pretty thin that just fizzles out. There are parts of this book that make you laugh out loud but overall the story says nothing and about half way through it becomes apparent that there is not much in the way of plot. At the end everything just seems to be sewn up within 2-3 pages without much thought.