Emily Books

"Though its roots reach back to Kafka, the genre of the office farce has ballooned in the past decade or so—see such absurdist fables as Helen DeWitt’s “Lightning Rods,” Helen Phillips’s “The Beautiful Bureaucrat” and Hiroko Oyamada’s “The Factory.” While most of these send-ups are dryly sarcastic, “Temporary” has the manic, goofing energy of a lounge act. Its target isn’t only corporate drudgery or amoral profiteering but also the precarious state that makes people
feel desperately lucky to even get a shot at the terrible jobs. Being a novelist is also an insecure racket, and like her endlessly accommodating temp, Ms. Leichter works hard to keep the audience amused." - Sam Sacks, NYT

‘Temporary’ Is a Debut Novel That Leans Into the Absurdity of How We Work Now Hilary Leichter’s brisk, wildly imaginative book tracks a young woman’s experiences in 23 jobs, including one on a pirate ship.

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