Pulpy and Midge

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Brian Lembeck Pulpy takes life slow and steady. He likes his office job, and he likes his gentle, figurine-collecting boss, Al. He even likes the bitter receptionist, though hes the only one who does. He likes his wife, Midge, too, and their ice-dancing lessons. Midge works as a candle-party hostess she quit her office job when Als dog ate her pet pigeon and Al promised Pulpy a promotion.

But when Al retires and the tyrannical Dan takes over, the promotion vanishes. And then Dans oversexed wife, Beatrice, takes a shine to Pulpy, and Dan starts to think Midge is one hot tamale. Soon, the receptionist is smitten with Pulpy, Midge cant get rid of Dan and Beatrice, and Pulpys job is in jeopardy. For once, Pulpy just might have to take a stand.

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"A hilariously deadpan, wincingly funny take on one office innocent's workplace coming-of-age. Brian 'Pulpy' Lembeck is the new hero of the keyboard-and-cubicle set." -- Lynn Coady, author of "Mean Boy"

Author Bio

Jessica Westhead is a Toronto writer who has published stories in litmags such as The Antigonish Review, Matrix, This Magazine, Geist, Taddle Creek, Forget Magazine, Word, and Kiss Machine. Her fiction was included in the anthology Desire, Doom & Vice: A Canadian Collection, and her short-story chapbook, Those Girls, was published by Greenboathouse Books in 2006. Pulpy and Midge is her first novel.