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Joseph O’Neill’s second novel starts off midstream in the cool, collected environment of a technical writing collective in Pittsburgh, where Lakesha Williams diagnoses her colleague Mark Wolfe as suffering “a crisis of dignity”. A pointless scuffle with a receptionist and a high-and-mighty email to a client prompt Lakesha’s suggestion that Mark