The Clerk - Guillermo Saccomanno
Short Sicilian dystopian novel translated by Andrea G. Labinger which reminded me of Bartleby The Scrivener by Herman Melville a bit, which is by no means a recommendation!
As society breaks down, and helicopters overhead monitor the city for signs of discontent , the Clerk's internal monologue unspools describing his every action and thought, putting a favourable gloss on every action, however banal or unsavory.
He has a grand plan to escape his dull life and awful family but confides it to the boss's secretary/lover whithin earshot of the boss and is utterly humiliated and sacked, left to wander the streets as just another vagrant...
Not a very nice character, or a world I'd want to read more about.
The Clerk - Guillermo Saccomanno
Short Sicilian dystopian novel translated by Andrea G. Labinger which reminded me of Bartleby The Scrivener by Herman Melville a bit, which is by no means a recommendation!
As society breaks down, and helicopters overhead monitor the city for signs of discontent , the Clerk's internal monologue unspools describing his every action and thought, putting a favourable gloss on every action, however banal or unsavory.
He has a grand plan to escape his dull life and awful family but confides it to the boss's secretary/lover whithin earshot of the boss and is utterly humiliated and sacked, left to wander the streets as just another vagrant...
Not a very nice character, or a world I'd want to read more about.