ARTS
The Michigan Daily
Friday, September 12, 1986
Page 7
Books-
Work is Hell
Matt Groening
Pantheon Books
48 pp., paperback
$5.95
Up and at 'em! If you're nervous
just thinking about leaving
R college and getting a "real job",
just wait until you read how awful
it really is in Matt Groening's
side-splitting view of the working
world, called....you guessed
it...Work is Hell.
Binky and his "grotesque ears"
are back, garbed in gaberdine
and ready to build that
meaningful career. He de-
monstrates all kinds of helpful
lessons, and answers those
haunting questions. (What do I
want to be if I grow up? What if I
make the wrong career choice?
When is my coffee break?) He
tells us the secret of success (1. Get
a job. 2. Get a better job. 3. Get an
even better job. Repeat if
necessary.), introduces us to the
nine types of bosses, provides a
checklist questionnaire ("Just
how bad is your job?"), and, if you
happen to be stuck with "The
Psychotic Boss: Monster from
Hell," gives you helpful hints on
how to "How to Tell Everyone Off,
Go into Business for Yourself, Be
Completely Fufilled, and Starve to
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As usual, Groening hasn't been
able to resist lambasting every
silly thing he notices, so in
addition to his revelations about
work, you can also read "Sullen
Teen Magazine," "So You Want
To Be An Unrecognized Genius,"
and what must certainly be the
last word on the subject, "Last
Minute Gift Suggestions Under
$5."
Groening, one of the nation's
hottest new talents, is featured
weekly in the Metro Times, and
appears in 40 newspapers
regularly. His last book, Love is
Hell, has to this date sold a "very
good" 40,000 copies, according to
Michael Barson, publicity
manager for Pantheon Books.
Groening's success is due to his
uncanny ability to bull's-eye into
the crux of every situation that
ever bothered anyone. Work is
Hell displays this better than
ever. Buy it. Love it. At least, put
it on your coffee table.
--Rebecca Chung
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