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A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember - Softcover
All Iain Levison really wants is a steady paycheck, cable television, and the possibility of a date on Saturday night. But after blowing $40,000 on an English degree, he can't find the first, can't afford the second, and can't even imagine what woman would consent to the third. So he embarks on a time-honored American tradition: scoring a few dead-end jobs until something better comes along. The problem is, it never does. A Working Stiff's Manifesto is a laugh-out-loud memoir of one man's quest to stay afloat. From the North Carolina piedmont to the Alaskan waters, Levison's odyssey takes him on a cross-country tour of wage labor: gofer, oil deliveryman, mover, fish cutter, restaurant manager, cable thief, each job more mind-numbing than the last. A Working Stiff's Manifesto will resonate with anyone who has ever suffered a demeaning job, worn a name badge, or felt the tyranny of the time clock.
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Working Stiff's Manifesto Over the course of ten years Levison worked 42 odd jobs across six states. A vivid and striking tour of wage labor in America, this book is perfect reading for anyone who has raced against the tick of a time clock. Full description
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"Bracing, hilarious and dead on." --The New York Times Book Review "[Levison's] slacker ethos and deadpan delivery make reading Manifesto a job well worth taking."--Entertainment Weekly "There is a naked, pitiless power in [Levison's] work that makes [Manifesto] more valuable than the usual journal of the down-and-out in America."--USA Today "Levison writes tight, punchy prose, with deadpan humor and a mixture of savvy about and sympathy for his fellow working stiffs."--The Wall Street Journal
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- PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0812967941
- ISBN 13 9780812967944
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- Number of pages176
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