The Temps, Andrew DeYoung
The Temps, Andrew DeYoung
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The Temps

Author: Andrew DeYoung

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/29/2022


Synopsis

Jacob Elliot doesn’t want a temporary job in the mailroom at Delphi Enterprises, but after two post-college years of unpaid internships and living in his parents’ basement, he needs the work. Then, on his first day, the unthinkable happens: toxic gas descends on a meeting in Delphi’s outdoor amphitheater, killing all the regular employees and leaving Jacob stranded inside the vast office complex. Wandering through Delphi headquarters, Jacob finds other survivors: Lauren, a disillusioned classics major who’s now writing online personality quizzes; Swati, a fitness instructor trying to escape a toxic relationship; and Dominic, a business-school student who will do almost anything to get ahead. Stranded in the wreckage of the company that employed them, the temps band together to create a miniature world that’s part spring break, part office culture?until a shocking discovery disrupts the survivors’ self-made paradise and drives them to uncover the truth about the mysterious corporation that employed them and the apocalypse that brought their world to an end. A surprising, profound tribute to the absurdities and paranoia of modern life, The Temps is an epic exploration of survival and human connection in the digital age.

About Andrew DeYoung

Andrew DeYoung is an author and editor whose debut novel, The Exo Project, won a Minnesota Book Award. He lives with his wife and two children in St. Paul.

About Paul Heitsch

Paul Heitsch is an audiobook narrator, a pianist, a composer, a sound designer, a producer, and a teacher. As a member of The Second City National Touring Company, he has performed with Chris Farley, Steve Carrell, Jane Lynch, and many others. Prior to becoming a narrator, he worked to produce hundreds of spoken-word products for companies like LeapFrog, VTech Kids, and Rosetta Stone.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicole on March 12, 2022

This was not what I expected. I was really intrigued by the premise and listened to the audiobook. The narrator was great. I found the main part of the story about the employees trapped in their workplace somewhat boring and dragged in parts. I was more interested in the gas and the craziness that i......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on March 05, 2022

3.5 Stars This is a topical literary satire that addresses the challenges of underemployed twenty somethings trying to find careers within corporate culture.  Technically this could be classified as science fiction due to the post apocalyptic angle, but really that is only used as a plot point to driv......more