Reason for Leaving Job Stories a novel by John Manderino

Reason for Leaving Job Stories a novel by John Manderino is simply fantastic.
Written in an historical moment when work wasn't a big problem as it is today, this book is a funny lesson about the real vocation of a young boy, the desire of arriving and, at the same time, his continuous failures wherever he worked in; the story starts in 1961 and will end in 1979; audacious, he will keep trying, searching for the job of his dreams, or maybe it would be exact to write, the one he does better without the risk of being fired  for a reason or another; moving on when an experience ends in a way or in another is simple to him; changing skin, changing States various times for experiencing another fail...ahem, job not a problem. The protagonist of these adventurous tales that will delight you with funny, brief short stories, tries to do all his best at work, lost in the most diversified jobs; he will be a teacher, a gas station boy, (so funny!) a window washer, a clerk (this story particularly funny), a graduate teacher assistant and many more; these brief tales are a strong  and very well focused picture, vivid, funny of the reality of the USA and the typologies of people that it is possible to meet along the way in the country. 
This sunny book speaks at the best part of you, presenting some hours spent in relaxation.

Highly recommended. We need so badly a lot of good and healthy humor.

I thank Eurospan and Academy Chicago Publishers for the physical copy of this book.

Anna Maria Polidori