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    Reason for Leaving: Job Stories
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    Reason for Leaving: Job Stories

    By John Manderino

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    On a job application, there's that tricky question: reason for leaving? John Manderino's answers are collected here in this hilarious novel tracing the history of a guy trying to grow up job by job. Delivery boy, altar boy, busboy, teacher, cotton picker, umpire, Zen monk—Manderino's protagonist tries on one hat after another.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicago Review Press
    Release dateJun 30, 2012
    ISBN9780897337748
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