Confessions Of A Tax Collector: One Man's Tour Of Duty Inside The IRS
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Confessions Of A Tax Collector: One Man's Tour Of Duty Inside The IRS
By (Author) Richard Yancey
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperPerennial
23rd February 2005
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
352.4
Physical Properties
Paperback
400
Width 150mm, Height 204mm, Spine 23mm
308g
Description
Describes the workforce culture of the Internal Revenue Service, recounting how the author joined the IRS as an impressionable job-seeker and witnessed cover-ups, schemes, and widespread paranoia over a twelve-year period. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
Reviews
"An engaging insider's account of life inside the dreaded IRS." -- Library Journal
"Downright absorbing ...written as well as any novel set in the business world." -- Booklist (starred)
"Offers fascinating insight into the most feared and loathed agency of government." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune
"A rich mix of humor, horror, and angst ...better than most novels on the bestseller lists." -- Boston Sunday Globe
"Alternately amusing and alarming ...a revealing yarn about going after tax delinquents." -- Washington Post
Author Bio
Richard Yancey worked for twelve years as a revenue officer for the Internal Revenue Service. He is a produced playwright, a former theater critic, and a published novelist.
