{"product_id":"how-can-my-manager-be-kazumasa-hayami-9798217182299","title":"How Can My Manager Be So Stupid?: The Outrageously Entertaining Japanese Bestseller about a Bookstore Clerk Clinging Onto Her Love for Books Against A","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e set in a Japanese bookstore, following one young bookstore clerk who \u003ci\u003ecan't even\u003c\/i\u003e with her idiotic manager while clinging to her passion for books against all odds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKyoko Tanihara loves books. Just about. But life at the Musashino Bookshop is starting to get her down. Instead of promoting her favorite stories, she finds herself distracted, tearing her hair out at the mere sight of her infuriating manager Takeru Yamamoto who can't seem to do anything but get in her way of success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Yamamoto's useless obsession with self-helps books to his cringey remarks on the hottest author in town, everything about Yamamoto seems designed to set Kyoko off. All that amid her struggle to make a name for herself in the publishing world, it's tough for her to keep her love of literature pure and alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil one day she is handed a book that speaks to all her frustrations, and opens her eyes to a whole new reality. What if there's actually more to her manager's obnoxious antics? What if, just maybe, her manager isn't so stupid after all?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kazumasa Hayami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217182299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Kazumasa Hayami","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48454389235967,"sku":"9798217182299","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7fe446e3-2a59-4f84-8db0-ffcdd890c6b1.jpg?v=1777305921","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-can-my-manager-be-kazumasa-hayami-9798217182299","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}