It's just another boring day at the office for the young professionals of corporate Cardiff, as they email each other their gossip, jokes, requirements for the weekend and, occasionally, work.
At the centre of this online world is "process accountant" and would-be author Martin Davies. Frustrated by his job, in denial over his break up with his girlfriend, Martin is baffled by the triviality of his life. And when on this day, Tuesday September 11, 2001, just after lunch, people start flying airliners into New York office blocks, Martin feels he is rapidly losing the plot....
Part The Office, par Beckett, Eleven is a striking debut novel. Smart, funny and brutally sad, it opens up the inhumanity of throaway 21st century society.
Eleven is for anyone who has ever clicked SEND when they should be doing something else.