Two very different people. One very common enemy. Call centres. Contact centres. Outsourcing specialists. Whatever you want to call them, they're the bane of the lives of every poor soul who earns their crust shackled by the ear to a never ending stream of faceless voices, security questions and brown nosing colleagues desperate to get off the phones. Hanging on to their sanity and their jobs as a river of crap rolls downhill from above, Barry and Penny are two such souls. One is a born loser, HR department harasser and victim of bullying from every angle, rapidly descending into a mental pit of darkness he may never get out of. The other is a popular and attractive party girl who contracts some unwanted guests and vows sweet revenge. Both have an enemy in Stevie; shagger, bully, and all round bad boy. It's only a matter of time before somebody snaps, and it's not just the customers that are paying. A black comedy from the mastermind behind The Switched and The Dead Man Trilogy; when all that matters is your handling time and your compliance, how the hell are you going to fit in your After Call Work?
Author
Ryan Bracha is the Amazon best-selling author of eleven novels, a novella, and a collection of stories. At the age of twenty four, he had written and directed his first and only feature film 'Tales From Nowhere' which was described (by him and nobody else) as 'Pulp Fiction meets Kes' and was well received on its very limited release around his native South Yorkshire. Whilst his dalliance with the film industry was rewarding, it was very brief. Like a drunken one night stand he can barely remember anymore. What it did, however, was plant a seed of desire to tell transgressive and subversive stories. Almost four years in the making, his debut novel 'Strangers are Just Friends you Haven't Killed yet' was released to no acclaim and his friends agreed that it was hard work, but rewarding, like finally achieving a bowel movement in the midst of constipation. He then endeavoured to improve his output with every book released, pushing the boundaries of your taste and sensibilities, whilst working to an ethos of releasing the most original and daring fiction on the market. He is building up an aggressively loyal readership, who would fight you if you didn't get on board the Ry-Train, so, you know, buying and reading Ryan Bracha books is good for your health. Probably start with The Switched. It's Ryan's favourite book. He lives in Barnsley with his wife and daughter, two cats, and a flea infestation. Visit www.ryanbracha.webs.com for more information. Work by Ryan Bracha: * Tales From Nowhere - Screenplay (2005) * Dirt Merchants - Screenplay (2006) * Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven't Killed Yet - Novel (2012) * Tomorrow's Chip Paper - Novel (2013) * Bogies, and other equally messed up tales of love, lust, drugs and grandad porn' - Collection (2013) * Paul Carter is a Dead Man - Novel (2014) * Twelve Mad Men - Novel of stories (2014) * Ben Turner is a Dead Man - Novel (2015) * The Switched - Novel (2015) * Davie Craig is a Dead Man - Novel (2016) * After Call Work: Verbal Warning - Novel (2016) * Phoebe Jeebies and The Man Who Annoyed Everybody - Novel (2016) * After Call Work: Gross Misconduct - Novel (2017) * The Thirteen Lives of Frank Peppercorn - Novel of stories (2017)
