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The Ask
The Ask
Author: Sam Lipsyte
Milo Burke, a development officer at a third-tier university, has “not been developing" after a run-in with a well-connected undergrad, he finds himself among the burgeoning class of the newly unemployed. Grasping after odd jobs to support his wife and child, Milo is offered one last chance by his former employer: he must reel in a po...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312680633
ISBN-10: 0312680635
Publication Date: 3/1/2011
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
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I was looking forward to reading The Ask by Sam Lipsyte, a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book of the Year. I work on the East Coast in higher education and know that the fundraising field is ripe for satire. I even like snarkiness. But The Ask wasn't my cup of tea. The main character, Milo Burke, is unlikeable. The story is unnecessarily vulgar and raunchy in places. I gave up after about a 100 pages. It is very rare for me not to finish a book, but life is too short to read a book you dont like.


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