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The gum thief

Paperback • 2008 • English • 1. edition

The gum thief

By Douglas Coupland

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About the book

Meet Roger, a divorced, middle-aged 'aisles associate' at a Staples outlet, condemned to restocking reams of paper for the rest of his life, and his co-worker, Bethany, who's at the end of her Goth phase and realising she's facing fifty more years of shelving Post-it notes and replenishing the Crayola boutique in Aisle Six. One day, Bethany discovers Roger's notebook in the staff room. When she opens it up, she discovers that this old guy who she's never considered to be quite human is writing m...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780747594932

Publisher

Bloomsbury

Published year

2008

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The gum thief

Format

Paperback

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