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Right LivelihoodsRick Moody

Right Livelihoods

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RIGHT LIVELIHOODS begins with a cataclysmic vision of New York City after the leveling of 50 square blocks of Manhattan. Four million have died. Albertine, the "street name for the buzz of a lifetime," is a mind-altering drug that sets The Albertine Notes in motion. The collection's second novella, K & K, concerns a lonely young office manager at an insurance agency, where the office suggestion box is yielding unpleasant messages that escalate to a scary pitch. Ellie Knight-Cameron's responses to these random diatribes illuminate the toll that a lack of self-awareness can take. At the center…

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Editions

3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2008
    Back Bay Books · 256 pages · 9780316166355
  • Hardcover · English · 2007
    Little, Brown and Company · 240 pages · 9780316166348
  • Ebook · English · 2007
    Little, Brown and Company · 9780316006699
DramaFictionOffice managementAlcoholicsHallucinogenic drugsFiction, short stories (single author)