It almost sounds as though he was trying to create a British "Bartleby, the Scrivener" here.

…ondon bureaucrat Mr Williams (Bill Nighy on top form) lives a life not so much of quiet desperation as weaponised apathy, in a government department responsible for planning permissions and suchlike. His austere routine …
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Janice Harayda
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Nov 10, 2022
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It almost sounds as though he was trying to create a British "Bartleby, the Scrivener" here.
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Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.
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