Selling Ben Cheever: Back to Square One in a Service Economy
By Benjamin Cheever.
Description
Ben Cheever's hilarious and profound odyssey through the want-ad world.In 1995, America was in the throes of downsizing-fever. Many thousands then, as now, were losing their jobs to the corporate demand of more money for the top, by tightening the belt below. Unable to sell his latest novel, Ben Cheever started to think about what employment opportunities were out there. Mustering his courage, he skimmed the want-ads, made some phone calls, went to interviews, and ended up as everything from a security guard to a computer salesman.Rejected by Brooks Brothers, accepted as a sandwich mak...
ISBN(s)
1582341583, 9781582341583
