This grimly amusing novel of the Depression is based on the author's experiences as a vacuum-cleaner salesman. The narrator, a journalist, returns from India an... » 

This grimly amusing novel of the Depression is based on the author's experiences as a vacuum-cleaner salesman. The narrator, a journalist, returns from India and is forced to take a dead-end job to make ends meet; a happy ending follows his path through scams, affairs and redundancy. «