Calls May Be Recorded
Ambitious in its emotional scope ... Jimmie’s co-workers show Volckmer at her most startling ... A bathroom rendezvous provides a diverting counterpoint to the book’s mostly ruminative narration ... Amusing ... Katharina Volckmer’s jokes are always consequential, and her novel ends up saying much that is profound about work and isolation and capitalist estrangement.
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Startling ... Offer[s] readers a chance to laugh safely at oblivious rich people ... Wildly imaginative, deeply intransigent.
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Acerbic ... Volckmer’s novel is a bit meandering and light on plot, but consistently hilarious and surprising in its weirdness. This irreverent comedy will resonate with anyone who’s toiled in a dead-end job.
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