{"product_id":"cheese-newly-translated-and-annotated","title":"Cheese: Newly Translated and Annotated","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Only edition in print\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;Skewering 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 160 pages | Published February 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63966582899037,"sku":"9781846884160","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781846884160.jpg?v=1774348042","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/cheese-newly-translated-and-annotated","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}