Toronto – March 22, 2012 – Author Jeffrey Alan Payne is offering his award-winning novel, “MFN – A Cultural Satire”, as a free download on his website: www.jeffreyalanpayne.com.
“I believe that the initial sales cycle is over, so I’m just putting it out there for people to read,” says Payne, “The main thing is I just want my work to be enjoyed by as many as possible.”
Payne’s book was an “Award Winning Finalist in the Humour Category”, at the 2011 International Book Awards in Los Angeles. The writer self-published the novel, after a number of big publishers turned it down, “My agent in New York, God bless him, pitched it as ‘What the Book of Mormon did for me on stage, this book does for me in print’.”
Publishers apparently did not share that same “laugh-out-loud” infatuation with the story. “The feedback included, ‘It’s too long’, ‘It’s too offensive’, and there was one company that actually said, ‘It’s not offensive enough’.
One reason that Payne wants to get as much exposure as he can for the book is that the humor is very topical and time sensitive, “A certain portion of the book deals with Michael Jackson’s death and funeral, as well as other celebrity news events that occurred during the same period.
The Jacksons aren’t the only celebrities who endure barbs in the book. Barack Obama, David Letterman, Kanye West and Amy Winehouse all take their lumps in a story about two radio “shock jocks” who finally cross the line of inexcusably bad taste. “Amy Winehouse is the only one that I feel any remorse for making fun of. She was obviously a tortured soul, who just couldn’t make it on her own. Her life and death were very tragic.”
For everyone else mentioned in the book, from Mel Gibson to Oprah Winfrey, Payne says his attitude was, “Gloves off! If you put yourself in the public spotlight, you have to expect your every mistake, faux pas, and personal mannerism to be front page news.”
Payne is currently working on a second novel. “MFN” is still available in paperback and Kindle formats on Amazon.
For more information, contact:
Jeffrey Alan Payne /// (647) 291-2337 /// mfnbook@gmail.com
