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“The practical device connecting these interconnected short stories is "Dream Inc", a corporation publishing a cluster of magazines with "Dream" in the title, and their office building in Mississauga, Ontario. The stories are focalized through characters who work in various departments, the spouse of one of the employees, and also a cafeteria staff member. Working for "Dream Inc" is anything but a dream come true though. I really liked the variety of voices--they come from different levels in the company, different countries, different genders & sexual orientations. They sometimes offer a different view of the same event (the lay-off of the customer service department, for example) or stay in the interiors of the characters' complicated social lives. The author takes on several pretty unlikable characters and takes us into their heads and motivations in a way that surprised me at times. Sometimes funny, sometimes moving, sometimes depressing, sometimes enlightening, these stories make a big picture with a complexity and a compassion that I appreciate in the fiction I read.”
Sweet M wrote this review Friday, February 10, 2012.
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