"I hated looking for work. I hated circling the classifieds, I hated the web searches, I hated the web job sites, I hated the phony resumes, I hated the phony interviews.
What do you think your greatest strength is?
I got to the highest level of Wolfenstein II The New Colossus.
How do you think that would help you in this job?
Hand-eye coordination. High moral character - I killed a lot of bad guys. Oh, and I killed a few bad women too. Um, I killed some good guys, but I was still a beginner when that happened.
What's your greatest weakness?
How much time you got?
That would be an honest interview. But I need a job, so you have to make shit up and look like you care."
Jack Lack has just lost another job to the invisible forces of automation, algorithms, and artificial intelligence. This time, though, he decides to get off the high-tech merry-go-round of serial job loss. This time, he is determined to fight back - but against who? And how?
A Bit Too Much is a darkly humorous satire that will delight readers of contemporary fiction with its intriguing portrayal of a young man who grew up in the haze of Texas Gulf Coast refineries and is facing an uncertain future.
