The long-awaited second novel by the author of "arguably the most exciting debut novel of the decade: The Last Samurai." (Sam Anderson, New York).
"All I want is to be a success. That's all I ask." Joe fails to sell a single set of the Encyclopedia Britannica in six months. Then fails to sell a single Electrolux and must eat 126 pieces of homemade pie, served up by his would-be customers who feel sorry for him. Holed up in his trailer, Joe finds an outlet for his frustrations in a series of ingenious sexual fantasies, and at last strikes gold. His brainstorm, Lightning Rods, Inc., will take Joe to the very top -- and to the very heart of corporate insanity -- with an outrageous solution to the spectre of sexual harassment in the modern office.Buy Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.