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Join us to discuss Calls May Be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes by Katharina Volckmer on Thursday 16th July at 7:30 to 9pm at Hagglers Corner, 586 Queens Road.
Should we bring our whole selves to work?
In a London call centre, Jimmie helps holiday makers with myriad problems, but he is hardly a model employee. He doesn’t simply provide customer service to his clients and advice to his colleagues, he gets involved in their fantasies and frustrations, and now he’s about to be hauled up in front of the boss.
From perfecting his roles as an undertaker and as a clown to performing duties above and beyond his employment contract, he debates the importance of the optimum shade for lipstick and bathroom walls, the pros and cons of nudist versus textile, as well as the psychological impacts of an Italian mother and an emotional support animal.
This is the second, ribald, scatological novel from the brilliant author of The Appointment. Jimmie’s sly, sharp, melancholy insights into the indignities of a world which aims to eliminate the human will make you laugh, weep and never look the same way at an electric carving knife again.
Praise
‘This book is filled with brilliant dialogue, unexpected turns, some very dirty talk with sudden bursts of hilarity, and then fierce sadness. It exudes dark energy. It is highly original. It gives pleasure on every page.’— Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn and Long Island
‘Katharina Volckmer is a risk-taker of the first degree’— Ian McEwan, author of The Cockroach
‘Katharina Volckmer’s jokes are always consequential, and her novel ends up saying much that is profound about work and isolation and capitalist estrangement.’
— TLS
Juno Reads is on Thursday 16th July at HAGGLERS CORNER from 7:30 to 9pm. Feel free to arrive from 7:15 to order drinks before we begin.
Your ticket includes:
A copy of the book
Access to the group on 16th July
Your ticket does NOT include:
Postage. You need to collect the book from Juno Books, 24 Chapel Walk, Sheffield S1 2PD. You can also pay extra for postage. Multiple book orders will be posted at the same time so you only need to pay postage once. Click on More Payment Options to select instore pick up.
Join us to discuss Calls May Be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes by Katharina Volckmer on Thursday 16th July at 7:30 to 9pm at Hagglers Corner, 586 Queens Road.
Should we bring our whole selves to work?
In a London call centre, Jimmie helps holiday makers with myriad problems, but he is hardly a model employee. He doesn’t simply provide customer service to his clients and advice to his colleagues, he gets involved in their fantasies and frustrations, and now he’s about to be hauled up in front of the boss.
From perfecting his roles as an undertaker and as a clown to performing duties above and beyond his employment contract, he debates the importance of the optimum shade for lipstick and bathroom walls, the pros and cons of nudist versus textile, as well as the psychological impacts of an Italian mother and an emotional support animal.
This is the second, ribald, scatological novel from the brilliant author of The Appointment. Jimmie’s sly, sharp, melancholy insights into the indignities of a world which aims to eliminate the human will make you laugh, weep and never look the same way at an electric carving knife again.
Praise
‘This book is filled with brilliant dialogue, unexpected turns, some very dirty talk with sudden bursts of hilarity, and then fierce sadness. It exudes dark energy. It is highly original. It gives pleasure on every page.’— Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn and Long Island
‘Katharina Volckmer is a risk-taker of the first degree’— Ian McEwan, author of The Cockroach
‘Katharina Volckmer’s jokes are always consequential, and her novel ends up saying much that is profound about work and isolation and capitalist estrangement.’
— TLS
Juno Reads is on Thursday 16th July at HAGGLERS CORNER from 7:30 to 9pm. Feel free to arrive from 7:15 to order drinks before we begin.
Your ticket includes:
A copy of the book
Access to the group on 16th July
Your ticket does NOT include:
Postage. You need to collect the book from Juno Books, 24 Chapel Walk, Sheffield S1 2PD. You can also pay extra for postage. Multiple book orders will be posted at the same time so you only need to pay postage once. Click on More Payment Options to select instore pick up.
