Reality: The Novel - Paperback

by Jeff Havens (Author)

Trent Tucker, the protagonist of this hilarious satire, hates reality TV. Unfortunately, his job at Nova Consulting involves the creation of new reality shows that are even more outrageous and excessive than those now on television.Surrounded by colleagues who could easily be characters in the own reality show--dumb blonde, angry black man, flamboyant homosexual, frosty bitch, fast-talking Sicilian and their megalomaniacal boss, P.T. Beauregard--Trent's immersion is complete.The characters in Reality: the novel, behave a lot like their television counterparts as they bicker with each other incessantly, backstab their co-workers, find themselves on a deserted island and become involved in a murder plot--all good, clean fun that mimics the fantasy lives they feverishly try to create for their anxious network clients.

Author Biography

Jeff Havens was born in Urbana, Illinois in 1978. He has been a tutor, a high school English teacher, street performer, and freelance writer, but now travels throughout the United States as a stand-up comedian. He earned his B.A. in English from Vanderbilt University in 2000, graduating summa cum laude. He has already received awards for his writing: Sensored Magazine's Starving Artist Award for Poetry, 2004, and Honorable Mention for Fiction at the Santa Barbara Writer's Conference, 2004.