A quirky and unsettling tale, of dark humour and strange realities, about a bureaucrat, an open plan office and a secret room...
Jonas Karlsson (Author)
Jonas Karlsson, one of Sweden's most prominent actors, has
performed on Sweden's premier stage and in acclaimed feature films
and TV series. Karlsson's playwriting debut, Nocturnal Walk,
received rave reviews; spurred by the joy of writing for the stage,
Karlsson began writing fiction. His first novel in the UK, The
Room, was published last year.
Neil Smith (Translator)
Neil Smith has translated many acclaimed Norwegian and Swedish
novels, including books by Fredrik Backman and Leif G. W. Persson's
The Dying Detective, winner of the CWA International Dagger 2017.
He lives in Norfolk.
A gripping, tense, demonic fable in which the unease is
precision-tooled and the turns of the screw wholly unexpected.
*Neel Mukherjee*
The Room is the most effective chapbook on workplace comportment
since Glengarry Glen Ross. Hats off!
*Nick Offerman, Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation*
Thoroughly enjoyable… If you read only one novel by a famous
Swedish actor translated into English this year, make it The
Room
*Guardian*
Kafka meets The Office in this hilarious and chilling Swedish fable
of workplace politics
*The Times*
A brief but brilliant tale
*Financial Times*
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