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The Assistant
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781453792575
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Nov 22 2010
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.24 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
Judges' comments: A well written novel about a reclusive young man and the female assistant on his new computer. She's meant to be an instructor, but develops her own personality. It's a fast read with a good narrative hook on the very first line. The idea is deceptively simple but there is an underlying depth. It is a book with a lot of charm.
Quarterfinalist - 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
With Stuart housebound and Anna trapped in a job she hates - checking spellings and offering user help - the two soon develop a repartee. Stuart wins Anna's trust by making her window bigger and fiddling the system date on the PC so she can miss her time of the month. They become friends, and eventually fall in love - though not, unfortunately, at the same time.
Of course pill-popping, wine-guzzling Stuart is imagining it all - or is he?
In a bizarre rollercoaster battle of the sexes Stuart meets his match as Anna learns more about the real world, developing a taste for television soaps, yoga, and Jimmy Choo stilettos.
But when Stuart finally needs to be rid of Anna and venture back to the outside world, she is more reluctant to disappear than he bargains for...
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