A quirky and unsettling tale of dark humour and strange realities, about a bureaucrat, an open plan office and a secret room, from a prominent Swedish actor who has published three collections of short stories in Sweden The Authority looks favourably upon meticulousness, efficiency and ambition. In fact, they don't even see the Room at all. The Room is a short, sharp and fiendish fable in the tradition of Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Charlie Kauffman.