{"product_id":"9781846884160","title":"Cheese : Newly Translated and Annotated - Willem Elsschot","description":"Only edition in printWhen 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.","brand":"Willem Elsschot","offers":[{"title":"160 pages \/ 21\/02\/2017 \/ Classic fiction (pre c 1945)","offer_id":57443825189239,"sku":"9781846884160","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781846884160.jpg?v=1788858376","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781846884160","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}