Dear Committee Members

I very much enjoyed this little book. I haven't read very many epistolary novels, and I thought it was an interesting choice to have letters from only one character, with no replies or responses included. In my opinion, that decision paid off beautifully for two reasons. Firstly, many of the letters are letters of recommendation, which inherently have that screaming-into-the-void quality about them. But also, I got the impression that replies wouldn't have had even the smallest impact on Fitger, the letter writer. The risk with the approach, of course, is that hearing only one voice for the entirety of the book would get tiresome, but Schumacher handled it beautifully, balancing Fitger's snark with a healthy dose of sincerity. I'm hoping that the fact that Goodreads lists this as Fitger #1 means that there's a sequel on the way.