{"product_id":"one-night-at-the-call-center-paperback","title":"One Night at the Call Center - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChetan Bhagat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePress 1 for technical support. \u003cbr\u003ePress 2 for broken hearts.\u003cbr\u003ePress 3 if your life has totally crashed. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSix friends work nights at a call center in India, providing technical support for a major U.S. appliance corporation. Skilled in patience-and accent management-they help American consumers keep their lives running. Yet behind the headsets, everybody's heart is on the line. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShyam (Sam to his callers) has lost his self-confidence after being dumped by the girl who just so happens to be sitting next to him. Priyanka's domineering mother has arranged for her daughter's upscale marriage to an Indian man in Seattle. Esha\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003elongs to be a model but discovers it's a horizontal romp to the runway. Lost, dissatisfied Vroom has high ideals, but compromises them by talking on the phone to idiots each night. Traditional Radhika has just found out that her husband is sleeping with his secretary. And Military Uncle (nobody knows his real name) sits alone working the online chat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey all try to make it through their shifts-and maintain their sanity-under the eagle eye of a boss whose ego rivals his incompetence. But tonight is no ordinary night. Tonight is Thanksgiving in America: Appliances are going haywire, and the phones are ringing off their hooks. Then one call, from one very special caller, changes everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChetan Bhagat's delicious romantic comedy takes us inside the world of the international call center, where cultural cross-wires come together with perfect pathos, hilarity, and spice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChetan Bhagat\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven novels and two nonfiction books. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called him the \"the biggest selling English language novelist in India's history\" and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine named him among the \"100 most influential people in the world.\" Chetan also writes about youth and national development issues in India. He lives in Mumbai with his wife and their twin boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50982289834123,"sku":"9780345498328","price":31.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/KAgXX74jTb9780345498328.webp?v=1793292761","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/one-night-at-the-call-center-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}