The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise

“One of the most singular literary personalities in the world, a writer who resembled absolutely no one else.”
—Italo Calvino

“A satire for the author’s day and oh yes our own on the subtly crushing effects of corporate life … [a] delectable and philosophical office farce.”
—Steven Poole, Guardian

The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise—neurotic and pessimistic, yet endearing, comic, and never less than entertaining—is a penetrating vision of the world of office work. As translator David Bellos...