RaveFiction Writers Review...[a] lively, well-imagined, and jaw-droppingly smart prize-winning debut ... imagine Donald Barthelme writing smart feminine narratives, Mary Gaitskill sans the kinky sex, or Margaret Atwood turning to dry, Colbert-style humor, and you may start to get an idea of what to expect ... Each story catapults the reader into the wicked world of Nutting’s witty imagination ... Yet, in spite of the sometimes impressionistic, sometimes realist, sometimes naïve-painting-inspired settings, the characters remain painfully familiar ... Nutting is especially brilliant when revealing the dysfunctional layers of her characters’ otherwise glib and (mostly) carefree lives ... Unclean Jobs harnesses this type of Jerry Springer drama to bring humor and postmodern insights to these action-packed short stories ... Alissa Nutting’s fiction more than satisfies.
