. "Milo Burke - husband, father, and development officer at a third-tier university in New York - has just joined the burgeoning class of the newly unemployed. Grasping after odd jobs to support his wife and child, Milo receives a second chance from his former boss: he must reel in a potential donor - a major \"ask\"--Who, mysteriously, has requested Milo's involvement." . . . . "The ask"@en . "The ask" . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . . . "Erzählende Literatur" . "Der Spender : Roman" . . . . . . . "Ask" . . . . "Satire" . . "Satire"@en . . . . . "Humorous fiction" . . . "Milo Burke - husband to a 'touched-out' wife, father to a three-year-old son, fund-raising officer at a third-tier university - has just joined the swelling ranks of the unemployed. As he grasps after odd jobs to support his wife and child, Milo is contacted by Purdy Stuart, a wealthy, one-time university friend with a sinister agenda. It is the start of a hilarious and harrowing odyssey through several degrees of peculiarly 21st-century hell- a journey recorded by Milo with the caustic eloquence that is his only means of defence. The Ask is the best book yet from one of America's finest comic."@en . . . . . . . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . "Milo Burke, a development officer at a third-tier university, has 'not been developing', and finds himself among the newly unemployed. He is offered one last chance: he must reel in a potential donor - a major 'ask' - who turns out to be Milo's sinister college classmate Purdy Stuart. And the 'give' won't come cheap!" . "The ask"@it . . . "The Ask"@en . . . . . "After he loses his job as a development officer at a university, family man Milo Burke is given a chance to regain his position, but only if he can reel in a potential donor, one who has requested his involvement and turns out to be his sinister college classmate." . "After he loses his job as a development officer at a university, family man Milo Burke is given a chance to regain his position, but only if he can reel in a potential donor, one who has requested his involvement and turns out to be his sinister college classmate."@en . . "De vraag : roman" . "Der Spender Roman" . "Chiedi e ti sarà tolto"@it . "Chiedi e ti sarà tolto" . . . . . . . . "College administrators Fiction." . . "Roman." . . . . "Amerikanisches Englisch." . . "College benefactors Fiction." . . "Educational fund raising Fiction." . . "Fiction." . . "FICTION / Literary." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM American General." . . "Literature." . .