Office Politics

Office PoliticsA masterpiece . . . One of the few genuinely comic novels since Lucky Jim. Elaine Dundy Ever since college, George Wren has dreamed of working at The Outsider, 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 salaryand a ringside seat in the unexpectedly cutthroat arena of a small circulation, highpow little magazine. To

and theology

Tomoko Hojo

Recognizing nationalism as a powerful force that gives rise to various narratives that provide ancestry to communities and shape the direction of societies

Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly

a chronicler of other people's stories

As Esther searches for healing

Enlightenment emerges from a dark and labyrinthine mindscape

becoming obsessed with reading the threats on social media

to not getting into Stanford

algorithms are everywhere

Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance

and his complex ideas on Islam