Several People Are Typing: A GMA Book Club Pick

A Novel (Good Morning America Book Club)

By: Calvin Kasulke

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Neil Shah, Dani Martineck, Sophie Amoss, Neil Hellegers, Cary Hite, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Joshua Kane, Amy Landon, Nicole Lewis, Brittany Pressley, Jonathan Todd Ross

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! • A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF. • "An absurd, hilarious romp through the haunted house of late-stage capitalism." —Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House

Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of both virtual work and contemporary life is The Office for a new world.

Gerald, a mid-level employee of a New York–based public relations firm has been uploaded into the company’s internal Slack channels—at least his consciousness has. His colleagues assume it’s an elaborate gag to exploit the new work-from home policy, but now that Gerald’s productivity is through the roof, his bosses are only too happy to let him work from ... wherever he says he is.

Faced with the looming abyss of a disembodied life online, Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to help him escape, and to find out what happened to his body. But the longer Gerald stays in the void, the more alluring and absurd his reality becomes. Meanwhile, Gerald’s colleagues have PR catastrophes of their own to handle in the real world. Their biggest client, a high-end dog food company, is in the midst of recalling a bad batch of food that’s allegedly poisoning Pomeranians nationwide. And their CEO suspects someone is sabotaging his office furniture. And if Gerald gets to work from home all the time, why can’t everyone? Is true love possible between two people, when one is just a line of text in an app? And what in the hell does the :dusty-stick: emoji mean?

In a time when office paranoia and politics have followed us home, Calvin Kasulke is here to capture the surprising, absurd, and fully-relatable factors attacking our collective sanity ... and give us hope that we can still find a human connection.

Really Stupid Book haha

I thought the performance was brilliant. The book was very dumb and very fun. I can’t recommend if you’re looking for anything other than pop-slop. But it you’re looking for something to listen to at the gym go for it.

Had no idea what I was in for

It starts out quirky, a hilarious head-shaking time, then this eerie tone sets in and it’s like… wait what did I sign up for? Then more quirk and little tastes of suspense. I wish I had more yet Im left satisfied.

👍 Love to taste.

Really liked it!

A really funny take on inter-office communication with a twist. It includes some of the drama, and allows us to see what maybe our bosses are reading when we think they're not. Because you know we all we all think, not here. lol

My company uses Slack...now I'm side-eyeing slackbot

I loved the narration! The story works well in both formats, which I have. Some jokes play better visually, but others come alive with the excellent voice acting. I've already had 2 coworkers order the hard copy and audio version and now we're using the :dusty_stick: all over our slack, to the confusion of our coworkers.
Such a great story, and it makes you wonder how much screen time before you're metaphorically one with your apps. It's all too easy to get sucked in...

Great use of ensemble cast!

A wonderful satirical send up of modern WFH and tech. If you’ve ever wanted to punch a Help Bot in the face, this one’s for you.