Helloland by Nick Walker

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For a man who craves anonymity, Chip's job at the switchboard of the E Z Sleep hotel suits him down to the ground. But today is launch day. The E Z Sleep is in a shuttle frenzy. And Chip's old life, the one in which he had hopes and dreams, is coming back to haunt him. Deep in space his story is being told. Today the switchboard is mission control, and Chip has a problem