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    <body><![CDATA[People compare this work to Kerouac's <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road" title="The Road by Cormac McCarthy">On The Road</a></em>. Or at least, a blurb on the back cover of this book makes the comparison. I understand why. Here's a guy who looks at the conventional expectations of our society, shrugs them off, and hits the road. In this case, he aims to be a dishwasher in all 5...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1940693">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[hmm. the book itself is written just fine - it's breezy and quick and goes well with a couple of beers on the back porch. <br/><br/>it's just.... look, we've all quit a job once or twice in our lives without giving the two weeks' notice, leaving people in the lurch, bla bla bla. it's a dick move, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1435875">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[man, i really wanted to like this book. i mean, i DID like this book for the first 100 pages or so--it's a highly readable account of one man's attempt to wash dishes in all 50 states, yet it's more of a meditation on the futility of working life &amp; wage-slavery. cool, right? some parts even made me ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15130991">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had been hearing a lot from Dishwasher Pete for the last couple of years on NPR's This American Life, and I always thought he was interesting and funny and oddly inspirational. I had actually meant to tracker down his zine Dishwasher for for a while, but instead I discovered this book at Borders o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1539706">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You would think working as a dishwasher for 10+ years (as the author did) would yield some great stories and a heaping pile of insight into the human condition, but there isn't anything like that to be found here. Every chapter is exactly the same. &quot;I got a job washing dishes in ______ state th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19053766">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i'm kind of amazed at the bad reviews this book has gotten on the goodreads website. people are all, &quot;i heard this guy on NPR &amp; his story sounded interesting, but his book was a total bore!&quot; it won't be surprising to people who know me that i knew about the dishwashing-in-all-fifty-states ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36916474">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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