{"product_id":"cheese","title":"Willem Elsschot: Cheese [2017] paperback","description":"When the ambitious but inept clerk Frans Laarmans is offered a job managing an Edam distribution company in Antwerp, he jumps at the chance, despite his professed dislike for cheese in all its forms. He soon finds himself submerged in a bureaucratic nightmare as his complete incompetence becomes apparent. Meanwhile, his offices fill up with a seemingly infinite supply of the distinctive red-skinned cheeses, which he has no idea how to sell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSkewering the pomposity of big business while revealing how an entrepreneurial spirit can often be a mask for buffoonery, Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life.","brand":"Elsschot, Willem \u0026 Berg, Sander","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46504015331667,"sku":"9781846884160","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/elsschot-willem-berg-sander-willem-elsschot-cheese-2017-paperback-9781846884160-58540792152403.jpg?v=1726408040","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/cheese","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}