The story follows Alain Delambre an unemployed 57 year old man, desperately searching for a job. He used to work in Human Resources but now he is doing bad paid menial jobs. One day, after several years of unsuccessful search he is shortlisted for tests and interviews through a recruiter. Luckily passes the tests and is selected for a final one. The only problem is that it would be a role playing game involving hostage taking. In his desperation to get the job Delambre does everything he can think of, legal and illegal, fair and unfair to prepare. But when he learns that a winer to the game has already been chosen before it has even started ......
Opinion: slow first third, the rest was entertaining. I liked the twists and turns though they were not mind blowing. I though this was a character driven novel but I couldn't connect with the protagonist or any other character. Not that I didn't like him doing bad things. Actually those actions gave Delambre the bit of humanity he had. And also I think his actions made sense in terms of the story. However he felt unreal. I mean he was not a real person, struggling like a real person. He was some flat character going mad.
I got this edition from the public library. It was published by MacLehose. It has 392 pages.
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