Calls May Be Recorded by Volckmer, Katharina
Calls May Be Recorded by Volckmer, Katharina

Calls May Be Recorded

"This book is filled with brilliant dialogue, unexpected turns, some very dirty talk with sudden bursts of...
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Author: Katharina Volckmer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Calls May Be Recorded by Volckmer, Katharina

Calls May Be Recorded

$27.72
Calls May Be Recorded by Volckmer, Katharina

Calls May Be Recorded

$27.72
Author: Katharina Volckmer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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"This book is filled with brilliant dialogue, unexpected turns, some very dirty talk with sudden bursts of hilarity, and then fierce sadness. It exudes dark energy. It is highly original. It gives pleasure on every page."
--Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn and Long Island


A ribald and mordantly hilarious workplace satire from an iconoclastic new voice, featuring one of the most charmingly troubled narrators of recent memory.

Jimmie works in a London call center, fielding complaints from dissatisfied travelers. Concerns range from whether compulsive itching will attract sharks in Mykonos, to the queue at the infinity pools in Maldives, to stray hairs on pillows: "the utterings of people at odds with their own hedonism, holidays made unenjoyable by their own expectations."

Today is different, Jimmie's co-worker Elin warns him. Jimmie is on the chopping block, and his boss, Simon, has followed him into the bathroom during an unauthorized break to request an "urgent" meeting. Also, his partner in an illicit bathroom tryst the week before has been promoted from wearing one of the color-coded staff hoodies, to the position of a hoodie-free assistant manager. The mystery caller could ring at any moment, and Jimmie's cube-neighbor, Wolf, suspects he's acting even stranger than usual. It could be because he's wearing his mother's cheap red lipstick, staring longingly out the sole window in the communal kitchen.

With remarkable dexterity and an acerbic wit, Katharina Volckmer skewers the corporate workplace and watercooler relationships, culminating in an insightful and powerfully moving portrait of loneliness and human connection.

Author: Katharina Volckmer
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
Published: 09/16/2025
Pages: 166
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 7.32h x 5.70w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781953387943


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2025
Publishers Weekly 09/15/2025

About the Author
Volckmer, Katharina: - Katharina Volckmer was born in Germany in 1987. She now lives in London where she works for a literary agency. Her first novel The Appointment has been translated into over 15 languages and has been adapted for the stage and radio in several countries.
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