Book: Overqualified Author: Joey Comeau Publisher: ECW Press “The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.” -Stanley J. Randall There’s something so captivating about stories told through a series of missives. Just hark back to Up the Down Staircase, an utterly engaging novel manifested in a series of inter-office memos, notes, and teacher’s reports in an inner-city high school. And who could forget Griffin and Sabine, an enchanting lonely-hearts-club love story told in a series of letters and handmade postcards? But it’s not an easy feat to pull off because letters, … Continue reading Overqualified: Job Application as Character Study