Cheese
Alma Books
When the ambitious but inept clerk Frans Laarmans is offered a job managing an Edam distribution company in Antwerp he jumps at the chance despite his professed dislike for cheese in all its forms He soon finds himself submerged in a bureaucratic nightmare as his complete incompetence becomes apparent Meanwhile his offices fill up with a seemingly infinite supply of the distinctive red skinned cheeses which he has no idea how to sell Skewering the pomposity of big business while revealing how an entrepreneurial spirit can often be a mask for buffoonery Willem Elsschot s Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set As poignant as it is funny Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life Tanıtım Bülteninden
