Service by Tottenham, John

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Author: Tottenham, JohnModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 6 November 2025 by Profile Books Ltd (Tuskar Rock) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 336 pages135 x 215 x 31 | 352g
John Tottenham writes with a rare comic intensity COLM TIBNMy favourite nihilistic romantic RACHEL KUSHNERA brutally honest, insightful, intelligent and absolutely hilarious novel MICHAEL IMPERIOLIWhats this book about? Is there a restroom? Do you have gluten-free bagels? Do you work here? Do you have a restroom? Do I buy books or rent books or what? Still a bookseller in his late forties, Sean knows that the worst thing about a bookshop is the customers. Then theres the gift-wrapping, the invoicing, the Yelp reviews. The overwhelming sense of self-loathing after another day of not writing a novel yourself. While Seans book remains unfinished, his city has changed around him. As have friends and acquaintances, at least the ones who keep in touch. The service industry is different, too. But what, or whom, is he serving anyway? Biting, hilarious and self-aware, John Tottenhams debut novel is a razor-sharp dissection of gentrification, friendship, jealousy and the role of literature in a digital age.