Title: Stupor and Trembling - Amélie Nothomb - book
Summary :
Grand Prix novel of the French Academy 1999
Mr. Haneda was the superior of Mr. Omochi, who was the superior of Mr. Saito, who was the superior of Miss Mori, who was my superior. And I wasn't anyone's superior. You could put it another way. I was under the orders of Miss Mori, who was under the orders of Mr. Saito, and so on, with the caveat that orders could, downwards, skip hierarchical levels. So, in the Yumimoto company, I was under everyone's orders.
