Doug wrote:
"I'll tell my brief "Junkie" story: I stayed up late
finishing it, and then the next morning I had a (finalist)
job interview. One of the interviewers asked, "What was the
last book you read?" It was a financial institution with
required drug test, etc., so I couldn't say
"Junkie." I fumbled for an answer, which made me sound like I
didn't read much and/or was a liar. The alternate title that
popped out of my mouth (my previous read) was Jonathan
Latimer's "Lady in the Morgue." I didn't get the job."
Funny story. It reminds me of an amusing story by Gordon
Legge (I think in the Acid Plaid anthology) where a guy
failed a job interview because he chose the wrong single as
his favorite song by the Fall.
Mark
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