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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Selling Ben Cheever: Back to Square One in a Service Economyby Benjamin Cheever
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Selling Ben Cheever is the frank, self-effacing, and enlightening chronicle of his five years in the service industry. As we watch Ben confront his own demons about what a particular job means to him, we are compelled to consider how our egos are affected by not only what we do, but how we do it. Through his experiences, we begin to think about our approach to our own jobs and to confront our fears about what we would do if we didn't have them. Review:"Though more of a meditation than a manifesto, this book should be a natural for talk show and other discussions." Publishers Weekly Review:" Review:"Funny, vivid and honest." The New York Times Book Review Review:"The funniest memoir of the downsized economy." Talk Magazine Review:"By turns earnest and comic, analytical and self-obsessed." New York Magazine Review:"Entertaining...Cheever's voice is utterly genuine, humble, and likable." The Chicago Tribune About the AuthorBenjamin Hale Cheever has been a reporter for daily newspapers and an editor at Reader's Digest. He is the author of the acclaimed novels The Plagiarist, The Partisan, and Famous After Death, and the editor of The Letters of John Cheever. He has taught at Bennington College and The New School for Social Research Table of ContentsPreface
Section One: The Framework Santa and the Underemployed Burns Security: Bad Cop Brooks Brothers: My Mother Tells Me I Went to the Wrong College Section Two: Birth of a Salesman CompUSA: 'Drugs are okay?' CompUSA: 'People who have money are always assholes.' Modeling: A Very Handsome Man Nobody Beats the Wiz: 'What people fear more than death?' Nobody Beats the Wiz: Easter Sunday Dean Witter: The Happy Ending Halloween Town and Telemarketing: A Large Family SECTION THREE: Shelf Life Cosi Sandwich Bar: Slow G Borders Books and Music: 'The way the other writer did.' Acme - The Fastest-growing Company in the Country: 'We eliminate the middle man.' SECTION FOUR: Big Game The Auto Mall: Wanting to Sell Toyotas The Auto Mall: 'Benny, here, done phenomenal!' Epilogue Acknowledgments What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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