The Night Cleaner

ISBN: 978-0-7456-5199-6

Hardcover

184 pages

April 2011, Polity

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This is the first publication in English of a book that is an international bestseller. It went straight to number one in France, where it was first published, and it is a bestseller in many other countries.
The book tells the story of a well-known journalist who goes undercover to find out what it really means to be unemployed and trying to find work in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression.
She describes what it's like to go from one employment office to another, one person looking for work along with dozens of others, with no special skills or qualifications. Eventually she manages to find a few hours work on a night ferry that crosses the English channel.
Beautifully written, this book that enables people to understand what the economic crisis really means today for the people who are suffering most from it.