When zero hours wages become the zero hours of our livesIn a post-Brexit Britain filled with low paid zero hours jobs a young man navigates the world through his writing and in doing so pens a bittersweet love song to Manchester.A perfectly pitched short novel, a little gem of a book that goes beyond what the politicians have to say and gets to the real heart of post-Brexit Britain. The undercurrents of racism. Working in the post office depots and libraries.A rant against social injustice that merges into a meditation on time.In this second novel of his Manchester Trilogy, Campbell explores the supposed regeneration of Manchester, and life under the Tories, his young protagonist staying put while the aeroplanes fly overhead.
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"NEIL CAMPBELL is from Manchester. He has appeared three times in Best British Short Stories. He has two collections of short fiction, Broken Doll and Pictures from Hopper. He also has two collections of flash fiction, Ekphrasis and Fog Lane. Salt published his debut novel, Sky Hooks in 2016. Zero Hours is the sequel to that book, and forms the second part of a Manchester Trilogy. "
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Paperback. Etat : New. In this, the second volume of a projected Manchester trilogy, the young writer takes a zero-hours job in a mail-sorting depot but struggles to cope with the demands of menial work and the attitudes of his colleagues. Only after rescuing and acquiring a pet tortoise does he realise what is most lacking in his life: intimacy. Embarking on a handful of sexual misadventures, he continues to struggle as a writer. He sees the city in which he was born and brought up changing all around him and, when he gets sacked from the sorting office, some hard choices lie ahead.A powerful indictment of austerity politics and Brexit Britain, the novel never loses sight of its working-class characters' dignity and humanity, and Campbell's mordantly witty dialogue ensures that the next laugh is never far away. Gripping in its fascination with the everyday, Zero Hours is keenly observed, blackly funny and ultimately uplifting. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9781784631482
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In this, the second volume of a projected Manchester trilogy, the young writer takes a zero-hours job in a mail-sorting depot but struggles to cope with the demands of menial work and the attitudes of his colleagues. Only after rescuing and acquiring a pet tortoise does he realise what is most lacking in his life: intimacy. Embarking on a handful of sexual misadventures, he continues to struggle as a writer. He sees the city in which he was born and brought up changing all around him and, when he gets sacked from the sorting office, some hard choices lie ahead.A powerful indictment of austerity politics and Brexit Britain, the novel never loses sight of its working-class characters dignity and humanity, and Campbells mordantly witty dialogue ensures that the next laugh is never far away. Gripping in its fascination with the everyday, Zero Hours is keenly observed, blackly funny and ultimately uplifting. In a post-Brexit Britain filled with low paid zero hours jobs a young man navigates the world through his writing and in doing so pens a bittersweet love song to Manchester. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781784631482
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