Reason for Leaving: Job Stories: A Novel

John Manderino has apparently had to puzzle over that one often and long. His answers are collected here in this hilarious novel-in-stories tracing the history of a guy trying to grow up job by job.

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Delivery boy, altar boy, busboy, teacher, cotton picker, umpire, Zen monk��anderino's protagonist tries on one hat after another, from Chicago to Arizona to a South Dakota reservation where he longs to be given an Indian name, "something like Many Roads, or Many Jobs."

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Each story in this highly entertaining collection is complete in itself, yet Manderino has woven them into a seamless history that's hard to put down.

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The author of Sam and His Brother Len and The Man Who Once Played Catch with Nellie Fox has once again given us a funny, moving portrait of a man's journey of becoming. Becoming what? The answer lies behind all his reasons for leaving.

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John Manderino has a sharp eye for human foibles and his depictions of life in the workaday world will leave readers laughing long and loud.