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The outrageously entertaining Japanese bestseller about a bookstore clerk clinging onto her love for books against all odds
G.P. Putnam's Sons
September 2026
On Sale: September 1, 2026
Featuring: Kyoko Tanihara; Takeru Yamamoto
272 pages
ISBN: B0GLGJTKQJ
EAN: 9798217182299
Kindle: B0GLDCPJVL
Hardcover / e-Book
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A wickedly funny office comedy about one bookseller’s (occasionally) ludicrous attempts to understand her manager while against all odds clinging to her passion for books—the perfect read for anyone who has felt that they can't even . . . with the idiots among us.
Kyoko Tanihara loves books. Just about. But life at the Musashino Bookshop is starting to get her down. Instead of promoting her favorite stories, she finds herself distracted, tearing her hair out at the mere sight of her infuriating manager Takeru Yamamoto who can’t seem to do anything but get in her way of success.
From Yamamoto’s useless obsession with self‑helps books to his cringey remarks on the hottest author in town, everything about Yamamoto seems designed to set Kyoko off. All that amid her struggle to make a name for herself in the publishing world, it's tough for her to keep her love of literature pure and alive.
Until one day she is handed a book that speaks to all her frustrations, and opens her eyes to a whole new reality. What if there's actually more to her manager's obnoxious antics? What if, just maybe, her manager isn't so stupid after all?
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