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Contributors:
Smith, Neil, translator.
Published:
London ; New York : Hogarth, [2015].
Physical Desc:
190 pages ; 19 cm
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“The daily grind got you down? Escape into this Swedish dark comedy about a scaldingly contemptuous office drone who discovers a secret room in his workplace.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

The inspiration for the upcoming feature film Corner Office, starring Jon Hamm
Björn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works—a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Björn is in his room, what his co-workers see is him standing by the wall and staring off into space looking dazed, relaxed, and decidedly creepy. Björn’s bizarre behavior eventually leads his co-workers to try and have him fired, but Björn will turn the tables on them with help from his secret room.
Debut author Jonas Karlsson doesn’t leave a word out of place in this brilliant, bizarre, delightful take on how far we will go—in a world ruled by conformity—to live an individual and examined life.

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ISBN:
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APA Citation (style guide)

Karlsson, J., & Smith, N. (2015). The room: a novel. First edition. London ; New York, Hogarth.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Karlsson, Jonas, 1971- and Neil, Smith. 2015. The Room: A Novel. London ; New York, Hogarth.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Karlsson, Jonas, 1971- and Neil, Smith, The Room: A Novel. London ; New York, Hogarth, 2015.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Karlsson, Jonas and Neil Smith. The Room: A Novel. First edition. London ; New York, Hogarth, 2015.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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