{"product_id":"employee-no-9","title":"Employee No. 9","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith shades of Park Chan-wook's \u003ci\u003eNo Other Choice\u003c\/i\u003e and Choi Jin-young's \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmployee No. 9\u003c\/i\u003e runs a psychological gauntlet of money, power, duty, and the daily struggle for survival.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. 9 is in trouble. His son's college tuition is coming due, his wife needs surgery after taking double shifts at a grocery store, the apartment building they bought as a nest egg is falling apart, and the company he helped build is trying to force him into early retirement. When he refuses, the mid-level IT man is demoted to sales and given increasingly impossible tasks. As his salary dwindles and the humiliations mount, No. 9 must decide where his loyalties lie. If he fights back, how far will the company go to stop him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her urgent and timely novel, award-winning Korean author Kim Hye-jin questions how long we can endure a corrupt system. In a rigged game, is there an alternative to playing out your hand?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Restless Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54552602247534,"sku":"9781632064271","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_3750dd9e-fd8b-4dbf-8910-ff27aeac7f01.jpg?v=1786545474","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/employee-no-9","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}