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The room : a novel

Karlsson, Jonas, 1971- (Author). Smith, Neil. (Added Author).
Book  - 2015
FIC Karls
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  • ISBN: 0804139989
  • ISBN: 9780804139984
  • Physical Description 190 pages
  • Edition First edition.
  • Publisher London ; Hogarth, [2015]

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The Room : A Novel
The Room : A Novel
by Karlsson, Jonas
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The Room : A Novel


"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.