Death of a Salaryman by Fiona Campbell
Tells the story of a Japanese salaryman who loses his job at a TV corporation, on his 40th birthday, and slips through to a different layer of society. This novel captures the fast-changing culture of Japan and its surreal underside in a portrait of an ordinary man battling with the contradictory demands of contemporary life.
This is an absolutely brilliant first novel -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
Fiona Campbell's comic caper is an entertaining overview of Japanese society's collision with the worst excesses of western culture -- Catherine Taylor * Guardian *
Kenji is the kind of luckless dreamer it's hard not to root for -- Hepzibah Anderson * Observer *
An enjoyably sentimental journey of self-discovery, the novel betrays no hint of dislocation between author and subject matter * Financial Times *
Fiona Campbell's comic caper is an entertaining overview of Japanese society's collision with the worst excesses of western culture -- Catherine Taylor * Guardian *
Kenji is the kind of luckless dreamer it's hard not to root for -- Hepzibah Anderson * Observer *
An enjoyably sentimental journey of self-discovery, the novel betrays no hint of dislocation between author and subject matter * Financial Times *
Born in 1974, Fiona Campbell studied psychology and zoology at Bristol University and UCL. She then moved to Tokyo to work for Unilever, and while she was there she began writing. On her return to the UK, she completed this novel for the Manchester Metropolitan Writing MA, and she currently works as a policy director for environmental campaigns in Liverpool.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099503699 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099503697 |
| Title | Death of a Salaryman |
| Author | Fiona Campbell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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