# Life in Public Relations Hell

By George Pappas

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/life-in-public-relations-hell-fe3479b0/

After years in public relations, Jake Wilson still hopes the next job might be the right one. His diary records what keeps going wrong: demanding clients, controlling managers and colleagues who make a difficult profession harder to bear.

## What makes it funny?

The office hierarchy becomes a cast of abrasive caricatures. Lulu Yilmaz micromanages her agency, Miriam Letti turns anxiety into a management style, and Bob Hampton supplies another version of professional incompetence.

### The comedy at work

Jake’s sardonic complaints make familiar office obligations feel like punishments. Birthdays, slide presentations and trade shows all offer fresh opportunities for the workplace to disappoint him.

### Try this if…

Best suited to readers who enjoy bitter workplace satire and a narrator with plenty of grievances about clients and management.

### Good to know

Pappas draws on his public relations career, but presents Jake’s story as fiction. The tone is confrontational and frustrated.

## What to expect

- Genre: Contemporary & literary
- On the shelf: Diary & letters · Workplace comedy
- Kind of humor: Satire
- Format: Novel
- Published: 2022

## A few distinguishing details

- A publicist’s career crisis told through a diary
- Agency management reduced to memorable caricatures
- Office rituals treated as recurring ordeals

## Sources & further reading

- Author commentary: [Author biography](https://robottroubles.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/q-a-with-george-pappas-author-of-robot-troubles)
- Author commentary: [Author on the novel](https://lifeinpublicrelationshell.com/2022/08/14/being-a-publicist-is-truly-a-thankless-job-new-indie-novel-life-in-public-relations-hell-explores-the-dark-side-of-the-public-relations-industry-availa)