HARD COPY

Many astute observations about loneliness and class attitudes very funny on the tedium of office life Irish Independent Joyful tender and strangely relatable With sharp playful prose Veldman tells a story in equal parts searing intelligence and madcap sweetness Simply brilliant Jenny Mustard This is a story of girl meets printer A customer service assistant spends her long workdays printing letters Her one friend is the printer and in the dark confines of her office she begins to open up to him talking about her fears her past her hopes and dreams To her it seems like a beautiful friendship is blossoming To her boss it seems like she s losing her mind Diagnosed with burnout and placed on leave she faces severance and worse separation from her beloved printer But she s not about to give up on her only friend without a fight And it turns out neither is he Weird incisive and unforgettable Hard Copy is perfect for fans of Sayaka Murata and Halle Butler