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Serge Val ne wants to create an elaborate painting of the building he has made his home for the last sixty years. As he plans his picture, he contemplates the lives of all the people he has ever known there. 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Chapter By Chapter, Room By Room, The Narrative Moves Around The Building, Revealing As It Does So A Marvellously Diverse Cast Of Characters In A Series Of Ever More Unlikely Tales, Which Range From An Avenging Murderer To An Eccentric English Millionaire Who Has Devised The Ultimate Pastime-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/georges-perec-books\"\u003eGeorges Perec\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780099449256\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.33","offer_id":47909023482033,"sku":"SB-0099449250-C3","price":1.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0099449250.jpg?v=1789195118"},{"product_id":"the-art-and-craft-of-approaching-your-head-of-department-to-submit-a-request-for-a-raise","title":"The Art and Craft of Approaching Your Head of Department to Submit a Request for a Raise","description":"\u003cp\u003eSo having weighed the pros and cons you have decided to approach your boss to ask for that well earned raise in salary but before you schedule the all important meeting you decide to dip into this handy volume in the hope of finding some valuable tips but instead find a hilarious, mind bending farcical account of all the many different things that may or may not happen on the journey to see your boss with no punctuation or capitalisation and certainly no full stops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/georges-perec-books\"\u003eGeorges Perec\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage Classic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780099541226\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classic","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £8.49","offer_id":47909055561905,"sku":"SB-009954122X-C3","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/009954122X.jpg?v=1789249186"},{"product_id":"w-or-the-memory-of-childhood","title":"W or The Memory of Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eW consists of two parallel tales – Perec's disturbing account of his wartime childhood is interspersed with the surreal tale of W., an island state based on the rules of sport. 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