Description
In Paris, three undocumented workers survive by taking whatever work they can find—only to discover that “survival” is shaped as much by other people’s choices as by their own. Told through a sharply satirical, security-guard lens, their days unfold in a world of surveillance, petty power, and constant negotiation, where honesty is rare and exploitation is routine. As the narrative tracks their precarious routines and shifting loyalties, it deconstructs colonial legacies and exposes how consumerism can disguise cruelty as normal life. With Frank Wynne Gauz’s incisive wit and political edge, the novel blends humor with heartbreak to ask what dignity means when the system is built to keep certain lives perpetually “standing heavy.”
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paperback
Quercus
Published Jan 1, 2022
252 pages
ISBN: 9781529414431
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First Published
2022
Language
eng
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