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Marooned in Space! (Paperback)
Carly Jones; Illustrated by Jodi Boyer, Gary Pearson
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A young man lands a job as a speech writer for a crack smoking,
drunk driving, ass grabbing, lying Mayor of Toronto. In a satirical
comedic novel that has story elements that sound familiar to many,
'Me and the Crack Mayor' imagines the inner world of a political
administration that is out of control, yet unapologetic. While
inspired by real events, this is a work of fiction that imagines
what it would be like to be in the centre of a storm that makes the
wrong kind of world wide headlines for Toronto. The novel is the
second for author Gary Pearson, his first, the romantic comedy
Slapshot of Love is also available through Amazon. Pearson is best
known as a comedy writer for such TV shows as MadTV, This Hour Has
22 Minutes, That's So Weird and many others. He has won the
Writer's Guild of Canada Award, The Canadian Comedy Award and a
Canadian Screen Award. He has been nominated for six Gemini Awards
and two further Canadian Screen Awards.
Geri Halton is a at a crossroads. A pretty, but not 'model pretty',
smart, and witty woman has not lived up to her potential and is
working in a dead end job at a seniors' residence. Her relationship
with Carlo has gone stale, and she's having a hard time managing
her credit card debt. Through a series of circumstances she finds
herself on a reality TV dating show called Slapshot of Love. On the
show, a popular single Dad hockey star, Ryan Tremblay, is choosing
a mate from a stunning collection of beautiful women. Included in
this list is Geri's spoiled brat, and possibly evil cousin Meagan.
Geri isn't exactly cut out for a romantic TV show. She finds many
of the 'dates' to be ridiculous and on a 'romantic' helicopter
ride, she gets motion sickness. Will Geri get sucked into the fake
world of reality TV? Will she be able to determine what is real and
what is imagined? Will she and Ryan fall in love on TV? The book at
once sends up and satirizes reality TV, and at the same time, uses
the tricks and hooks of the genre to capture the reader. If you
enjoyed Bridget Jones's diary or books by Nick Hornby like About a
Boy and High Fidelity, Slapshot of Love will score with you. In
reality show talk, read it for 'the journey' and be in it 'for the
right reasons'.
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