On the Clock

'A sophisticated new voice exploring the French working-class experience and the ways in which language may express its precarious specificities.' - Times Literary Supplement

'Remarkably masterful.' - Le Monde

'A virtuoso debut on alienation through work and the pain of the working class . . . an admirable writing of strength and precision, with a fierce anger simmering below.' - Livres Hebdo

'Gorgeously written, and deeply considered in its execution. Claire Baglin is an astonishing writer, and she has written a novel that captures an experience that people aren't confronted with often enough in contemporary literature: the day-to-day reality of what it means to struggle, to get through the next shift, and most importantly, to live.' - Michael Magee

'Vibrating with tension, On the Clock intertwines past and present and finds both darkness and humanity in the daily soulless work. A beautiful discovery.' - Elisa Shua Dusapin

'A compelling portrait of factotum life, this masterfully executed novel shines a light on the repetitive toil of the shop floor.' - Adelle Stripe

'Cinematic and deeply subversive . . . An angry, essential read.' - Ben Pester

''An extraordinary novel of ordinary life, a compelling, vivid account of work and family, charged with emotion beneath its carefully described and modulated surfaces.' - David Hayden

'I raced through this extraordinary novel . . . It's stylish and sparse and brilliant on inequality and alienation. This small book packs a big punch.' - Daily Mail