{"product_id":"how-can-my-manager-be-so-stupid","title":"How Can My Manager Be So Stupid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA candid story of one woman''s fight to find her place in life, clinging against all the odds to her passion for reading and for sharing stories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKyoko still loves books. Just about. But life at the Musashino Bookshop is starting to get her down. Above all, there''s one question that keeps going round and round her head: \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can my manager be so stupid?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his obsession with self-helps books to his insistence on giving inspirational speeches at staff meetings, everything about Takeru Yamamoto seems designed to set Kyoko''s teeth on edge. And, as the bookshop lurches from crisis to crisis, facing criticism from customers and authors alike, it''s tough for her to keep her love of literature alive. Only the prospect of changing a life by handing over the perfect book keeps her going.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then, she herself is handed a book that changes everything. Within its pages, all the struggles of her daily life are reflected back at her. Who could have written it? Was there more to her manager than meets the eye all along?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA winning blend of slice-of-life (somewhat romantic, occasionally ludicrous) comedy, satire and drama with a pinch of mystery to spice things up, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethis is the perfect read for anyone who has felt that they \u003ci\u003ecan''t even . . . \u003c\/i\u003ewith the idiots that walk among us\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504756826485,"sku":"9781529446364","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529446364.jpg?v=1786953674","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/how-can-my-manager-be-so-stupid","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}