Cheese

When the ambitious but inept clerk Frans Laarmans is offered a job managing an Edam distribution company in Antwerp, he jumps at the chance, despite his professed dislike for cheese in all its forms. He soon finds himself submerged in a bureaucratic nightmare as his complete incompetence becomes apparent. Meanwhile, his offices fill up with a seemingly infinite supply of the distinctive red-skinned cheeses, which he has no idea how to sell. Skewering the pomposity of big business while revealing how an entrepreneurial spirit can often be a mask for buffoonery, Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life.

ISBN:	9781846884160
Publisher:	Alma Books COMMIS
Imprint:	Alma Books
Published date:	20 Oct 2016
DEWEY:	839.3136
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xi, 144
Weight:	180g
Height:	130mm
Width:	198mm
Spine width:	12mm

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