{"product_id":"the-quiet-ones-glenn-diaz-9789715508346","title":"The Quiet Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring a regular shift at the call center, Alvin Estrada discovers a way to embezzle money from the American telecom giant for which he mans the phones. Soon a couple of friends join in, and the operation proceeds smoothly up until they quit, vowing to take the secret to their graves. A month later, a phone call at 4 in the morning tells Alvin that the police are on their way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt once a workplace novel and a meditation on history and globalization, \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is a grimly humorous take on a soul-sapping, multi-billion-dollar industry. In interlocking narratives, it explores lives rendered mute by irate callers, scripted apologies, and life's menial violence, but which manage to talk back every now and then, just as long as the Mute button is firmly pressed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner, 2017 Palanca Grand Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner, 2018 NBDB and Manila Critics Circle National Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by Bughaw, an imprint of Ateneo de Manila University Press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn Diaz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9715508340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789715508346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ateneo de Manila Univ Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Glenn Diaz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874757259519,"sku":"9789715508346","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-quiet-ones-glenn-diaz-9789715508346","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}