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The terrible privacy of Maxwell Sim

Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom. Estranged from his father, newly divorced, unable to communicate with his only daughter, he realizes that while he may have 74 friends on Facebook, there is nobody in the world with whom he can actually share his problems.

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  • "Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom: separated from his wife and daughter, estranged from his father, and with no one to confide in even though he has 74 friends on Facebook. He's not even sure whether he's got a job until suddenly a strange business proposition comes his way which involves a long journey to the Shetland Isles - and a voyage into his family's past which throws up some surprising revelations. A story for our times, Maxwell finds himself at sea in the modern world, surrounded by social networks but unable to relate properly to anyone."
  • "Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom. Estranged from his father, newly divorced, unable to communicate with his only daughter, he realizes that while he may have 74 friends on Facebook, there is nobody in the world with whom he can actually share his problems."@en
  • "Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom. Estranged from his father, newly divorced, unable to communicate with his only daughter, he realizes that while he may have seventy-four friends on Facebook, there is nobody in the world with whom he can actually share his problems. Then a business proposition comes his way -- a strange exercise in corporate PR that will require him to spend a week driving from London to a remote retail outlet on the Shetland Isles. Setting out with an open mind, good intentions and a friendly voice on his SatNav for company, Maxwell finds that this journey soon takes a more serious turn, and carries him not only to the furthest point of the United Kingdom, but into some of the deepest and darkest corners of his own past. In his sparkling and hugely enjoyable new book Jonathan Coe reinvents the picaresque novel for our time."
  • "Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom. Estranged from his father, newly divorced, unable to communicate with his only daughter, he realizes that while he may have seventy-four friends on Facebook, there is nobody in the world with whom he can actually share his problems. Then a business proposition comes his way."@en
  • "Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom. Estranged from his father, newly divorced, unable to communicate with his only daughter, he realises that while he may have 74 friends on Facebook, there is nobody in the world with whom he can actually share his problems. Then a business proposition comes his way - in a remote retail outlet on the Shetland Isles. This journey takes him into some of the deepest and darkest corners of his own past."
  • "Maxwell Sim feels he has no meaningful connection to anyone in his life. Trying to get out of this rut, Max quits his job as a customer service employee at a local department store. He accepts a job to drive a Prius full of toothbrushes to he remote Shetland Islands as part of a misguided promotional campaign for a dental hygiene company with the slogan, "We reach furthest." Things don't go as planned and Max makes some impromptu stops to a few of the important people in his life. These are cruelly and intensely awkward. Max eventually finds himself falling in love with the soothing voice of the GPS system ("Emma"). Max begins to wonder if he lacks the ability to establish actual relationships."@en
  • "Maxwell Sim feels he has no meaningful connection to anyone in his life. Trying to get out of this rut, Max quits his job as a customer service employee at a local department store. He accepts a job to drive a Prius full of toothbrushes to the remote Shetland Islands as part of a misguided promotional campaign for a dental hygiene company with the slogan, "We reach furthest." Things don't go as planned and Max makes some impromptu stops to a few of the important people in his life. These are cruelly enlightening and intensely awkward. Max eventually finds himself falling in love with the soothing voice of the GPS system ("Emma"). Max begins to wonder if he lacks the ability to establish actual relationships."
  • "Maxwell Sim feels he has no meaningful connection to anyone in his life. Trying to get out of this rut, Max quits his job as a customer service employee at a local department store. He accepts a job to drive a Prius full of toothbrushes to the remote Shetland Islands as part of a misguided promotional campaign for a dental hygiene company with the slogan, "We reach furthest." Things don't go as planned and Max makes some impromptu stops to a few of the important people in his life. These are cruelly enlightening and intensely awkward. Max eventually finds himself falling in love with the soothing voice of the GPS system ("Emma"). Max begins to wonder if he lacks the ability to establish actual relationships."@en

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  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Picaresque literature"@en
  • "Picaresque literature"
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  • "Neveroi︠a︡tnai︠a︡ chastnai︠a︡ zhiznʹ Maksvella Sima"
  • "La vie très privée de Mr Sim"
  • "ha-Praṭiyut ha-ayumah shel Meḳsṿel Sim"
  • "Невероятная частная жризнь Максвелла Сима"
  • "孤独无处诉"
  • "I terribili segreti di Maxwell Sim"@it
  • "I terribili segreti di Maxwell Sim"
  • "The Terrible privacy of Maxwell Sim"
  • "La vie très privée de Mr. Sim : roman"
  • "ha-Peraṭiyut ha-ayumah shel Maḳsṿel Sim"
  • "Gu du wu chu su"
  • "Neveroi︠a︡tnai︠a︡ chastnai︠a︡ zhriznʹ Maksvella Sima"
  • "Ho idiōtikos vios tou Maxouel Sim : mythistorēma"
  • "The terrible privacy of Maxwell Sim"@en
  • "The terrible privacy of Maxwell Sim"
  • "Die ungeheuerliche Einsamkeit des Maxwell Sim"
  • "הפרטיות האיומה של מקסוול סים"
  • "Die ungeheuerliche Einsamkeit des Maxwell Sim : Roman"
  • "La espantosa intimidad de Maxwell Sim"@es
  • "La vie très privée de Mr Sim : roman"
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  • "The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim"@en
  • "The terrible privacy of Maxwell Sim : [a novel]"
  • "La Espantosa intimidad de Maxwell Sim"
  • "De afschuwelijke eenzaamheid van Maxwell Sim"
  • "Die ungeheuerliche Einsamkeit des Maxwell Sim Roman"

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