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Life in Public Relations Hell
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.
From the author’s blurb
“Being a publicist is truly a thankless job…”Read the full description at George Pappas, opening line quoted in his author commentary
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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.
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
More funny diary & letters
Sources & further reading
- Author biography
Author commentary
- Author on the novel
Author commentary
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