Especially for Unlikely Readers, Vernon Frazer is making available the full text of Commercial Fiction, the novel that caused Garrison T. Steadwell to compare him to Mark Twain and the Detroit Auto-Examiner to compare him to Franz Kafka.
An author writing Commercial Fiction while working for a government agency awakens in such a disoriented state that he can’t tell if he’s writing at work or at home. His attempts to regain his sense of reality whirl him through a wonderland of hilariously conceived characters and situations. The host of a morning television program commits suicide on the air, then becomes an omnipresent advertising spokesman in what may or may not be his afterlife. The professional Role Model who replaces the host in mid-program follows his own trite advice to achieve literal overnight success. A beautiful file clerk works her way to the top in one day—scrupulously or unscrupulously, only her conscience knows for sure. Meanwhile, the author teams up with Big Brother to keep the subliminal codes that control the American way of life from falling into the hands of an enemy gaining power and strength. Commercial Fiction’s supporting cast includes sex-addicted government officials, silicon-enhanced TV stars, gun-running charity workers, soap opera actors and other unforgettable characters driven to desperate acts in their pursuit of power, money, and love.
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Commercial Fiction
Pages 1 through 83, 316k
Pages 84 through 168, 331k
