{"title":"Wilfrid Sheed","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilfrid Sheed’s fiction offers a sharp and witty exploration of human relationships and societal nuances. His writing deftly captures the intricacies of everyday life, often with a satirical edge that both entertains and provokes thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect well-crafted narratives that blend humour with insightful commentary, illuminating the complexities of office dynamics, personal ambitions, and the subtle dramas that unfold beneath the surface of ordinary existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"office-politics-by-wilfrid-sheed-9781961341180","title":"Office Politics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEver since college, George Wren has dreamed of working at \u003cem\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/em\u003e, the prestigious weekly edited by his hero, the suave English expat Gilbert Twining. So when George sees a listing for a junior editor, he trades in his job at CBS for half the salary and a ringside seat in the unexpectedly cutthroat arena of a small-circulation, high-power little magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo George's surprise and dismay, \u003cem\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/em\u003e is seething with malcontents and mutineers, at least according to Twining, who keeps cornering George for after-work martinis, pouring out his anxieties, professional and otherwise, while George's wife, Matilda, and baby son wait for him back in Queens. Is Twining paranoid? Is he insane? Or are George's new office-mates truly plotting an insurrection? And if so, what's all of it got to do with George?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn indelible satire of 1960s intellectual New York, \u003cem\u003eOffice Politics\u003c\/em\u003e is also a celebration of that endangered species, the office, at its pettiest and most idealistic, as the proving ground where so much of grown-up life takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA masterpiece... One of the few genuinely comic novels since Lucky Jim.\u003c\/strong\u003e – Elaine Dundy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487436292332,"sku":"9781961341180","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5dd63d05531bec41320386f4b3d17271.jpg?v=1775777393"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/wilfrid-sheed.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}