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There's No Such Thing As An Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura, translated by Polly Barton. I read the paperback edition published by Bloomsbury in 2020.
This novel was a very welcome Christmas present. As I enjoyed reading it I found myself reminiscing about the period of my early 20s that I spent working as a temp around London. The reviewer who penned the Observer quote on the front of my edition, "surreal and unsettling," either had a much less absurd experience of the working world or found their own work environments as surreal as I have. This novel reflects on contemporary work and its peculiarities with good humour and a nod to the personalities we meet.
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