Mr. PhillipsBy: John Lanchester Mr. Phillips wakes on a summer's Monday morning in his modest, nearly mortgage free house, ready to face another ordinary working day. Except this day is far from ordinary, for on the previous Friday, Mr. Phillips was summarily sacked. Unable to deal with this disaster unable even to tell his own wife Mr. Phillips rises at his usual hour and prepares himself for the job he no longer has. As he wanders the streets of London, what he