Iain Levison: 6 books

Jeffrey Sutton è un tassista di mezz’età, single, che coltiva progetti e spera di costruirsi un futuro migliore. In un tranquillo giorno di riposo, senza alcun preavviso, viene arrestato a casa sua e accusato di aver rapito (e probabilmente ucciso) una ragazzina di dodici anni. Le prove contro...

A “bracing, hilarious and dead on” account of a college graduate’s chronic underemployment (The New York Times Book Review).   In ten years, Iain Levison has lived in six states and worked at forty-two jobs, from fish cutter in Alaska to furniture mover in North Carolina, film-set gopher, oil...

Cult author of ‘The Working Stiff’s Manifesto’ and ‘After the Layoffs’ 2. Iain Levison tells this satirical tale of a University professor’s transformation into a ruthless killer with a tough, wisecracking tone that will be familiar to readers of his previous work. 3. A black comedy of morals...

This “dark, satirical comedy [is] written with the deadpan humor Levison used so well in his first book, A Working Stiff’s Manifesto” (USA Today).   Jake Skowran has been laid off from his job as a factory supervisor. Fortunately, he’s been offered other work. Unfortunately, it is as a hired...

Una laurea in letteratura inglese diventa un biglietto di sola andata per il precariato. In quest’autobiografia Levison racconta 10 anni di lavori e lavoretti, alcuni in condizioni brutali, per i quali i suoi studi sono sempre stati inutili. Dal Colorado all’Alaska, attraverso un mare di annunci...

A comical crime caper about three stoners with a plan: “By turns funny, sad, and insightful” (Booklist). In a dying Pennsylvania coal town, three friends are looking for a way out. Mitch is a rebellious malcontent whose bad attitude gets him fired from a chain big box store. Doug can identify...