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Reviews round-up

Service

by John Tottenham

MIT Press2025ISBN 9781635902495

4 of 4 critics positive

5 reviews: 4 positives; 1 not stating a verdict in public

What the critics said

Positive
“hilarious debut novel about a wage worker in a bookstore”

How Can I Help You? | Anahid Nersessian

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Positive
“comic confessions of a grumpy bookseller”

Service by John Tottenham review – comic confessions of a grumpy bookseller

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Positive
“Inventive and humorous novel within a novel”

Service by John Tottenham: Inventive and humorous novel within a novel

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Positive
“a winning mix of scabrous workplace comedy and mischievous metafiction”

Confessions of a reluctant bookseller

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Verdict not stated

Review | A novel of the great Gen X icon: The misanthropic retail employee

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