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Simon Pure

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Simon Pure: Insane Adventures in the Wonderful World of Work

Paperback – June 2011

"Friends. Work. Family. Add booze and errands, and that's pretty much it" -Simon Pestis Sy is a young man with a knack for decoding complex technology. When he takes a corporate job after years of freelancing, what he finds in his employer's labs and offices blows his socks off. 

From the Author

"Friends. Work. Family. Add booze and errands, and that's pretty much it" -Simon Pestis Sy is a young man with a knack for decoding complex technology. When he takes a corporate job after years of freelancing, what he finds in his employer's labs and offices blows his socks off. Sy responds to the parade of fascinating case histories and jaw-dropping absurdities with his own free-spirited style. In so doing he discovers the truth about work, love, friendship, science - and above all, himself. Sober, thoughtful, astonishing, laugh-out-loud hilarious, and full of vivid characters, Simon Pure is the third novel by award-winning writer William Illsey Atkinson.

Faculty of Graduate Studies - York University, Toronto

National Speakers' Bureau / Global Speakers' Agency: Keynote addresses - Sarasota, San Francisco, Montréal &c

Novelist (Sun's Strong Immortality, River Under Rain, Tommy &c)

Frequent contributor, Toronto Globe & Mail

Dalhousie University Prix d'Excellence

30 Best Business Books (Nanocosm)

Finalist, Canadian Science Writers' Award (Nanocosm)

Finalist, National Business Book Award (Prototype)

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© 2026 by William Illsey Atkinson.

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