Dating Tips for the Unemployed Author:Iris Smyles In twenty-four absurd, lyrical, and louche episodes, ?Iris Smyles? weaves a modern odyssey of trying to find one?s home in the world amid the pitfalls and insidious traps of adult life. A wickedly funny picaresque touching on quantum physics, the Donner Party, arctic exploration, Greek mythology, Rocky I, II, V, IV, VI, and III respectively, and... more » literary immortality, Dating Tips for the Unemployed is a wistful if wry ode to that awkward age?between birth and death?when you think you know what you want but aren?t quite sure what you?re doing.