{"product_id":"beautiful-bureaucrat-paperback","title":"Beautiful Bureaucrat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Chilling . . . the perfect summer page-turner.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kafka would love \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Bureaucrat\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . It's a surprising revelation of a book from an uncompromising author as unique as she is talented.\" --NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Riveting . . . thrillerlike . . . Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Bureaucrat \u003c\/i\u003esucceeds because it isn't afraid to ask the deepest questions.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a windowless building in a remote part of town, a newly employed young woman, Josephine, inputs an endless string of numbers into something known only as The Database. As the days inch by and the files stack up, Josephine feels increasingly anxious in her surroundings--the office's scarred pinkish walls take on a living quality, the drone of keyboards echoes eerily down the long halls. When one evening her husband Joseph disappears and then returns, offering no explanation as to his whereabouts, her creeping unease shifts decidedly to dread, in Helen Phillips's \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Bureaucrat.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Phillips \u003c\/b\u003eis the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award and the Italo Calvino Prize and more. She is the author of the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Bureaucrat\u003c\/i\u003e. Her debut collection \u003ci\u003eAnd Yet They Were Happy\u003c\/i\u003e was named a notable book by The Story Prize. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. An assistant professor of creative writing at Brooklyn College, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47240354857209,"sku":"9781250103758","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Rkx0Z3V5TkRsMGxnVW9ldWd5NGc1Zz09.webp?v=1768570116","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/beautiful-bureaucrat-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}