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A disgraced hacker with a libido problem becomes a viral sensation in this hilarious satire of fame, fraud, and inflatable love. Rollo Hemphill once had a promising future-until he sabotaged it with one click. Now a valet at a luxury hotel and still yearning for love, Rollo hatches a wildly misguided plan to win the affections of Felicia, the beautiful but unattainable hairdresser of his dreams. Armed with ego, desperation, and a rubberized ""friend,"" he soon finds himself at the epicenter of a media scandal he never intended to start. As Rollo navigates public ridicule, ex-girlfriend entanglements, and the suspicious gaze of a fed-turned-therapist, his journey toward redemption gets messier-and funnier-by the minute. Through hotel mishaps, gossip column chaos, and cringe-worthy seduction attempts, Rollo's obsession with reinvention collides with reality in spectacular fashion. Darkly comic and shamelessly self-aware, My Inflatable Friend skewers celebrity culture, hacker ego, and the hapless male libido with laugh-out-loud precision. Rollo's bumbling confessions might make you cringe-but they'll keep you reading. ""Fast, funny, and sufficiently out there to be banned in Pasadena. Check with your doctor before reading."" - Peter Lefcourt, author of The Woody and The Manhattan Beach Project

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""Gentlemen, this is a book for every one of us that has had a glorious, highly sexual relationship, albeit imaginary, with the most beautiful woman in the world. Unbelievably funny, unexpected, and very challenging for our boy Rollo. An entertaining read... recommended for those who like a good laugh."" - Dan Whitman, Allbooks Review ""Straddles the line between outright drawing-room silliness and romantic comedy... You may root for the charmingly dense Rollo."" - Kirkus ""Should be read aloud before large groups for maximum effect. Do not invite your wife or girlfriend."" - Marvin J. Wolf, co-writer, Ladies' Night, USA Networks ""Being single and on the make is tough enough when you've had some experience, even if it ended badly. But seeing poor Rollo go splat, it hurts so good when I laugh!"" - Tom Blake, syndicated columnist, ""Single Again,"" Orange County Register

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Gerald Everett Jones is a freelance writer who lives in Santa Monica, California. He is a board member of the Writers & Publishers Network and host of the GetPublished! Radio podcast. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from the College of Letters, Wesleyan University, where he studied under novelists Peter Boynton (Stone Island), F.D. Reeve (The Red Machines), and Jerzy Kosinski (The Painted Bird, Being There).Find out more at geraldeverettjones.com. Read his interviews and blog posts at Thinking About Thinking on Substack @geraldeverettjones.

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