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No one wanted to publish Ben Cheever's third novel. With America in the throes of downsizing fever, Ben - former editor at "Reader's Digest", husband of a "New York Times" book critic, son of Pulitzer-prize-winning author - found himself out of a job. Redundant. Unemployed. And with limited prospects. Mustering his courage, he skimmed the want-ads, made some phone calls, went to interviews, and before he knew it he had been a security guard, a computer salesman, and even a volunteer Santa Claus. Rejected by Brooks Brothers, bored in a bookshop, a good cop then a bad cop before settling down as a sandwich maker, Cheever eventually attains professional Nirvana as a car salesman. With a keen eye for the ridiculous (especially in himself) he brilliantly chronicles life on the other side of the counter.
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Benjamin Cheever is the author of three novels, THE PLAGIARIST, THE PARTISAN (Editor's Choice of the NEW YORK TIMES' Best Books of 1994) and FAMOUS AFTER DEATH. He has also edited the letters of his father, John Cheever. A former editor at READER'S DIGEST, Cheever has written for THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NATION, and The NEW YORKER and has taught at Bennington College and The New School for Social Research. He lives in Pleasantville, New York.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2002
ISBN 10: 074755840X
ISBN 13: 9780747558408
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Softcover. Zustand: Fair. Spuren von Feuchtigkeit / Nässe; Leichte Risse. How did I get behind the stainless steel counter of the Cosi Sandwich Bar at Forty-fourth and Third in New York City? Writing a book about jobs. When journalist and novelist Benjamin Cheever decided to write a book about menial work, he did his research properly. For the next few years, he took any entry-level job he could get, working in a car showroom, bookshop, and sandwich bar, as a food taster in a focus group, a security guard and (best of all) a spook in Halloween Town. Struggling with the intricacies of each job, Cheever mastered new skills- making a quick sandwich during rushed lunch hours, not being too enthusiastic with browsers at the bookshop, and selling himself to customers in a car showroom. Work is the funny, perceptive account of his experiences. Candid and intelligent, it vividly brings alive our everyday world. Artikel-Nr. f0c84f14-ec79-431c-8636-568ae86b0236
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