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The gum thief : a novel

Over the course of several months, two retail workers at an office supply superstore--Roger, a divorced, middle aged "aisles associate" at Staples, and his young co-worker, Bethany, an early twenty-something, former Goth--strike up a unique epistolary friendship.

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  • "The gum thief"@it
  • "Gum thief"@pl

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  • "Meet Roger, a divorced, middle-aged "aisles associate", condemned to restocking realms of twenty-lb. bond paper for the rest of his life. And then there's Bethany, who's at the end of her Goth phase, and young enough to be looking at fifty more years sorting pens. Through a complex layering of narratives, The gum thief, highlights the comedy, loneliness and strange comforts of contemporary life."
  • "One day, Bethany discovers Roger's notebook in the staff room. When she opens it up, she finds that this old guy who she's never considered to be quite human is writing mock diary entries pretending to be her - and spookily, he is getting her right."
  • "Over the course of several months, two retail workers at an office supply superstore--Roger, a divorced, middle aged "aisles associate" at Staples, and his young co-worker, Bethany, an early twenty-something, former Goth--strike up a unique epistolary friendship."
  • "Over the course of several months, two retail workers at an office supply superstore--Roger, a divorced, middle aged "aisles associate" at Staples, and his young co-worker, Bethany, an early twenty-something, former Goth--strike up a unique epistolary friendship."@en
  • "Briefwisseling tussen een uitgebluste man van middelbare leeftijd met literaire ambities en een jong en onzeker meisje in 'gothic'-kleren, collega's bij een grote Amerikaanse schrijfwarenwinkel."
  • "Meet Roger, a middle-aged "aisles associate" at a Staples outlet, condemned to restocking paper for the rest of his life, and his co-worker Bethany, who's realising she's facing 50 more years of shelving Post-it notes. One day, Bethany discovers Roger's notebook in the staffroom. When she opens it up, she discovers that this old guy is writing mock diary entries pretending to be her - and weirdly, he's getting it right. These two retail workers then strike up an unlikely yet touching secret correspondence. As their lives unfold, so too do the characters of Roger's work-in-progress, the oddly titled Glove Pond. On every page, this wise and witty novel reminds us that love, death and eternal friendship can all occur where and when we least expect them."

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  • "Powieść kanadyjska w języku angielskim"@pl
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Russian language materials"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Epistolary fiction"
  • "Epistolary fiction"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Diary fiction"@en
  • "Diary fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"@en

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  • "De kauwgomdief"
  • "El ladrón de chicles"@es
  • "Złodziej gumy"
  • "Złodziej gumy"@pl
  • "Il ladro di gomme : romanzo"@it
  • "Il ladro di gomme : romanzo"
  • "The gum thief : a novel"
  • "The gum thief : a novel"@en
  • "The Gum Thief"@en
  • "The Gum Thief"
  • "El Ladrón de chicles"
  • "Tyggegummityven"@da
  • "The gum thief a novel"@en
  • "The gum thief"
  • "The gum thief"@en
  • "Pokhititeli zhvachki"

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