"Praise for The Late American Novel ""Funny, poignant, relentlessly thought-provoking."" --The Atlantic ""This book is lively, smart, funny, wildly creative, and gives me great hope for the future of writing."" --A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically ""What a fun and timely book this is. I sat down to read it expecting a coroner's report and found a manifesto instead. Maybe it's not time to go back to work at Applebee's yet, after all."" --John Wray, author of Lowboy Praise for The Customer Is Always Wrong, edited by Jeff Martin ""The mundane tasks and indignant exchanges with impossible customers are hilariously captured in this collection ... Some ... are spun with a catty flair and flirt with a mild contempt for frivolous consumers; others ... are outrageously funny and incorporate life lessons in the litany of humiliations. Breezy and occasionally creepy musings on everything from guilt over serving fattening Swedish pancakes to seniors to the horrors of working at Sears may provide some nostalgic chuckles and perhaps even some unpleasant flashbacks as this collection elevates retail selling to a rite of passage."" --Publishers Weekly Praise for My Dog Ate My Nobel Prize ""Jeff Martin is a first class liar. Even better than me."" --James Frey"