After The Death of A Salesman: Business Trips To Hell - Softcover

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You say you woke up in your hotel room, the staff disappeared and all the doors were locked? None of your samples arrived at their destination in Brazil and your marathon sales trip has collapsed? You took the staff out for Thai food in Chicago to celebrate on the first night of your biggest convention of the year and they all came down with ptomaine poisoning? Clearly it's time to relax and settle down with this coast-to-coast business travelogue that American Library Association Booklist calls "Terrifically funny."

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The critical difference between After the Death of a Salesman and Rapoport's bestselling I Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Trips of Great Writers is that here he is paraphrasing most of the stories, and as a result they lose any sense of original voice and immediacy. The author also includes his own essays on the state of business in America that, while interesting to businesspeople, might seem superfluous to the average traveler. An amusing exception is this excerpt from an ode to airline woe: "Board United flight to Frankfurt seconds before doors closed. I see that Andy is on board. He's from Chicago. Stress level drops. In the middle seat. It's ok. I made it. Andy's on the plane. Phew! Flight attendant finds me an aisle. Relieved, I go into the bathroom. Stretch, reach, bend. Laugh at my plight. Glasses fall from my head into toilet. Decision. Retrieve glasses. Return to my seat.... Land in Frankfurt.... Meet Stan & Tracy with the red mustache. They all have tickets to Riga. I don't. All my flights were canceled. And no luggage. No wonder it's called terminal...." --Jhana Bach
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In this entertaining volume, bookseller and publisher Rapoport combines stories of business-trip mishaps with his own reflections and recommendations about the publishing industry. Although the title implies a focus on travelers' anecdotes, Rapoport devotes about half the book to his thoughts on the publishing industry, bemoaning the practices of the large publishing houses and praising independent bookstores for helping to preserve literature. These sections provide valuable reading for anyone interested in the publishing industry. The travelers' anecdotes are told in a light, lively fashion. Rapoport gathered some of the material while on the road selling I Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Trips of Great Writers (RDR Bks., 1994) and I've Been Gone Far Too Long: Scientists' Worst Trips (RDR Bks., 1995). Some of the mishaps are personal, including the theft of his rental car while on a sales trip. Other stories involve lost luggage, drunken pilots, angry cabbies, missed flights, food poisoning, and the cancellation of confirmed reservations, all on a grand scale that encourages as much laughter as sympathy with the unfortunate travelers. Recommended for larger public and academic libraries.?A.J. Sobczak, formerly with California State Univ., Northridge
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • PublisherRdr Books
  • Publication date1998
  • ISBN 10 1571430628
  • ISBN 13 9781571430625
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages201
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