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Falling sideways

There seems to be no shortage of business at the Tank, a high-profile firm in Copenhagen. There are meetings to attend, memos to write, colleagues to undermine. But when the Tank's nefarious CEO announces a round of downsizing, everyone becomes exponentially more concerned about...whatever it is they're doing. Top executive Frederick Breathwaite is frantically trying to ensure a stable future for his son, while the boy's greatest fear is that his future might resemble his father's absurd present. Meanwhile, Harald Jaeger is lost in amorous fantasies of his female colleagues, but has still managed to catch the CEO's eye - as a possible replacement for Breathwaite...

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  • "There seems to be no shortage of business at the Tank, a high-profile firm in Copenhagen. There are meetings to attend, memos to write, colleagues to undermine. But when the Tank's nefarious CEO announces a round of downsizing, everyone becomes exponentially more concerned about whatever it is they're doing. A satire of contemporary work culture, and the distorting effects it can have on our lives."
  • "Downsizing plans by the nefarious CEO of a high-profile Copenhagen firm trigger paranoia in his employees, including a top executive desperate to secure his son's future and an estranged family man who is considered as the executive's replacement."
  • "There seems to be no shortage of business at the Tank, a high-profile firm in Copenhagen. There are meetings to attend, memos to write, colleagues to undermine. But when the Tank's nefarious CEO announces a round of downsizing, everyone becomes exponentially more concerned about...whatever it is they're doing. Top executive Frederick Breathwaite is frantically trying to ensure a stable future for his son, while the boy's greatest fear is that his future might resemble his father's absurd present. Meanwhile, Harald Jaeger is lost in amorous fantasies of his female colleagues, but has still managed to catch the CEO's eye - as a possible replacement for Breathwaite..."@en
  • "Wanneer een succesvol Deens bedrijf moet inkrimpen wegens de verwachte gevolgen van de financiële crisis, worden er impopulaire beslissingen bekendgemaakt."

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"

http://schema.org/name

  • "Falling sideways"
  • "Falling sideways"@en
  • "Falling sideways : a novel"
  • "FALLING SIDEWAYS : a novel"@en
  • "Falling sideways a novel"