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Welcome To The Working Week

Welcome To The Working Week

by PaulVlitos (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $3.30

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    Paperback 2008

    $3.96
Synopsis

Meet Martin Sargent. He hasn't got a girlfriend (not anymore, anyway); he hasn't got a flatmate (see point one) and he definitely hasn't got the gift of tact. But he has got his mates (against all odds), an office crush and a mum who wants him to welcome Jesus into his life. But most pressing of all - Martin's got a disciplinary meeting for improper use of work email...A frank, hilarious and oh-my-god-that's-me look at life and love, all seen through the unforgiving crucible of modern life...the email account.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: Export ed
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 16 Aug 2007
ISBN 10: 075288512X
ISBN 13: 9780752885124
Book Overview: A witty and irreverent debut novel from a new young comic voice - a must-read for anyone who's ever hit 'reply all' when they shouldn't have... Paul writes brilliantly about the pleasures and perils of everyday life - he'll find the schmuck and the hero in everyone. He writes for men and women alike, and punctures the foibles of modern life and love without tipping the balance into cynicism For everyone who was addicted to THE OFFICE, Paul Vlitos proves that there may be no i in team...but there is in idiot... David Nichols, Mil Millington and David Baddiel have proved the resurgence of the modern comic novel - sharp, funny and teeth-clenchingly true to life.

Media Reviews
'He [Vlitos] astutely observes the way that many people communicate these days... Vlitos's writing style has an easy comic touch' NEW STATESMAN 'Paul Vlitos is a witty writer, and this, his first novel is curiously gripping' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Funny, written in a nice variety of voices, and reads very easily indeed. I'm glad I picked it up.' DAILY SPORT 'Within a couple of hours this book was devoured by two housemates and we can safely say that this book is one that you can't put down, and realistic enough to have you chuckling to yourself' CUB - QUEEN MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 'A brilliantly funny satire of the workplace and of emails in particular. Martin Sargent is up for a disciplinary hearing for improper use of his email account, and his trials and tribulations are, in turns, toe-curlingly embarrassing and laugh-out-loud hilarious.' BOOKSELLER
Author Bio
Paul Vlitos was born in 1979. To avoid working in an office that would make the inside of head itch, Paul moved to Japan, where he teaches. WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK is his first novel. Considerably more conscientious than his characters, he has yet to send his publishers any inappriopriate emails.