The Cafe

by Ben Aitken

A struggling cafe is forced to make cuts. Austerity breeds contempt: a Marx-loving waiter tries to organize a strike. Will he convince a Turk, a Pole, and a trailling waitress that striking is the way forward?

101 pages, Paperback

Published March 19, 2013

About the author

Ben Aitken was born under Thatcher, grew to 6ft then stopped, and is an Aquarius. He is the author of six books: Dear Bill Bryson, A Chip Shop in Poznan (a Times bestseller), The Gran Tour ('Both moving and hilarious', Spectator), The Marmalade Diaries, Here Comes the Fun and Shitty Breaks.