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Eleven David Llewellyn

Eleven By David Llewellyn

Eleven by David Llewellyn


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Summary

On a fateful day in September 2001 for Martin Davies, at his workstation in the sweatshop of a call centre, a dull day is going bad as he is forced to confront his empty life, his failed relationship, his hateful job. He's only twentysomething, he'd like to be a writer. But in America things are about to change for ever.

Eleven Summary

Eleven by David Llewellyn

In Cardiff's offices and call centres the twenty-something white collar workers of the new sweatshops email each other with work issues, jokes, arrangements for their social lives, gossip and the products of sheer boredom. As the day passes, author Martin conducts this correspondence and saves in Drafts a variety of emails to himself - a commentary on his life. Martin is tired of customer services, in denial over breaking up with his girlfriend, worried about 'that incident' in Bristol, and baffled by the triviality of his life and those of his drinking, recreational drug-taking friends. What is the plot he's supposed to be following? How has it come to this? When on this day, 11th September, 2001, people fly airliners into buildings, Martin knows he's reached a critical point in his life. He sends his final message...Told entirely through emails, part The Office, part Pinter, Eleven is a striking debut novel: smart, funny, brutally sad, and a genuine response to 21st century society in the UK and beyond. It iis likely to become a cult text for young people, disillusioned with society, across the UK.

Eleven Reviews

'Eleven' is written in the truest tradition of epistolary novels; it is a 'Clarissa' for the twenty first century, a 'Humphrey Clinker' for our crazed age. In its juxtaposition of the petty bickering of office politics, the frustrated immensity of individual needs, and a physical event that might just shatter the world, it conveys an almost unbearable poignancy. Much, much power is crammed into this short novel. -- Niall Griffiths

About David Llewellyn

David Llewellyn was raised in Pontypool and is a graduate of Darlington College of Arts. He has written scripts for the BBC and several short stories. David now lives in Cardiff where he works in a call centre.This is his first novel.

Additional information

GOR002393687
9781854114150
1854114158
Eleven by David Llewellyn
Used - Good
Paperback
Poetry Wales Press
20060523
130
N/A
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