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A hero of our time / Naben Ruthnum.

by Ruthnum, Naben.

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McClelland & Stewart, 2022.

Corporate culture -- Fiction.

New business enterprises -- Fiction.

Ambition -- Fiction.

Diversity in the workplace -- Fiction.

9780771096501 (trade pbk)

304 p. ; 21 cm.

"Osman Shah is a pitstop on his white colleague Olivia Robinson's quest for corporate domination at AAP, an edutech startup determined to automate higher education. Osman, obsessed by Olivia's ability to successfully disguise ambition and self-interest as collectivist diversity politics, is bent on exposing her. Aided by his colleague turned comrade-in-arms Nena, who loathes and tolerates him in equal measure, Osman delves into Olivia's twisted past. But at every turn, he's stymied by his unfailing gift for cruel observation, which he turns with most ferocity on himself, without ever noticing what it is that stops him from connecting to anyone in his past or present. As Osman loses his grip on his family, Nena, and everything he thought was essential to his identity, he confronts an enemy who may simply be too good at her job to be defeated. A Hero of Our Time cracks the veneer of well-intentioned race conversations in the West, dismantles cheery narratives of progress through tech and "streamlined" education, and exposes the venomous self-congratulation and devouring lust for wealth, power, and property that lurks beneath."--Publisher.

Black humor (Literature)

Canadian fiction.

Literary fiction.

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