false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170129107m/43554.jpg 43554 5 Harvey Pekar, the acclaimed creator and subject of the American Book Award-winning biopic American Splendor, tells the story of his troubled teen years when he would beat up other kids just to win the approval of his peers in this paperback edition of his virtuoso graphic novel. When he failed to impress, whether on the football team, in math class, in the Navy or on the job, he simply gave up. This true tour-de-force is the universal tale of a young man's search for himself through the frustrations, redemptions and complexities of ordinary life. 4374 2005 The Quitter total:257|5:35|4:95|3:89|2:30|1:8| 257 890 321 42 3 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 11:26:32 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 11:43:04 -0700 2008 American Splendor collections, but seeing as I'm a hired hand---unpaid, at that---I go with the flow. The Quitter has plenty of the misanthropy one expects from Pekar since h...more...]]> 4 6 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 08:17:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 08:38:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:37:44 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:57:49 -0700 2009 American Splendor, I have been a big fan of Harvey Pekar. I'm not sure how I heard about The Quitter since it is not new (the copyright date is 2005).

If you like Pekar's other stuff: American Splendor or Our Cancer Year, you'll probably enjoy The Quitter.
...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 13:52:26 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 14:01:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 00:10:54 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 05:20:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 16:13:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 16:16:19 -0700 2009 I liked your story in pieces but as a whole it was just "here is a grumpy dude who was kind of a jerk sometimes. here's his tale."
This is the sort of thing I'd rather read in a well-written book with no pictures - if nothing's going to happe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 18:24:42 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 13:12:45 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 20:57:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 18:50:41 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 16:24:30 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 16:26:58 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 14:58:52 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 14:54:36 -0700 2009 1 I like Pekar's brutal honesty about himself, although not enough to keep reading his books. ]]> 2 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 14:39:35 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 14:41:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 22:28:37 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 22:29:54 -0800 2009 1 1 false false Tue Mar 31 10:35:20 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:55:41 -0700 2009
Caption: "...after several months, it happened. I was laid off."
Thought bubble: "Oh, no, I've been laid off."

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