{"product_id":"overqualified-9781550228588","title":"Overqualified","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOverqualified\u003c\/i\u003e's cover letters are like a slap in the face, but the slap is hilarious, and you can't stop laughing, and as soon as it's over you want to tell all your friends about the slap. You know the kind?\" -- Ryan North, \u003ci\u003eDinosaur Comics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Joey Comeau's \u003ci\u003eOverqualified\u003c\/i\u003e is Judy Blume's \u003ci\u003eAre You There, God? It's Me, Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e as chewed up and spit out by J. G. Ballard....A book whose melancholy is leavened by a surprising hilarity.\" -- Paul Di Filippo author of \u003ci\u003eThe Steampunk Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCosmocopia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCover letters are all the same. They're useless. You write the same lies over and over again, listing the store-bought parts of yourself that you respect the least. God knows how they tell anyone apart, but this is how it's done. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then one day a car comes out of nowhere, and suddenly everything changes and you don't know if he'll ever wake up. You get out of bed in the morning, and when you sit down to write another paint-by-numbers cover letter, something entirely different comes out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou start threatening instead of begging. You tell impolite jokes. You talk about your childhood and your sexual fantasies. You sign your real name and you put yourself honestly into letter after letter and there is no way you are ever going to get this job. Not with a letter like this. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd you send it anyway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550228588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joey Comeau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085537964213,"sku":"9781550228588","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e4845608-30ca-49cc-92cd-da94d271d1c9.jpg?v=1765294467","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/overqualified-9781550228588","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}