What's the difference between imagining a story and finding yourself in one anyway? asks the narrator of this witty and infectiously appealing meditation on love, writing, and office politics. When her master's degree in the history of punishment proves useless, our narrator resorts to taking a job. She holds boredom at bay by writing about her current romance (MWMM, or, the Man Who Mustn't Be Mentioned) until the characters in her office begin to intrigue her. Initially dull, the workplace becomes ever more captivating, dragging the narrator away from her love story toward more vital topics . . .