My Inflatable Friend
The Confessions of Rollo Hemphill (Misadventures of Rollo Hemphill Book 1)
by Gerald Everett Jones
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Pub Date Mar 23 2007 | Archive Date Aug 06 2022
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Description
Trying to make your girlfriend jealous with a life-sized rubber doll might be a bad idea.
A reformed hacker-turned-slacker, twenty-something Rollo Hemphill fantasizes about becoming a top-forty DJ. Unfortunately, he has more talent than ambition. He's settled for a menial job as a car jockey at "The Wuthering Palms," a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills.
Proximity to all that glitz and glamour soon stirs his attraction to Felicia Ferrulo, the Sicilian hottie who works in the hotel beauty shop. When Felicia doesn't give him a nod, much less a chance, Rollo devises a desperate plan. It involves dressing up a life-sized doll to look like one of the hotel's reclusive megastar residents and conspicuously driving the fake woman around town in borrowed vehicles.
Inspiring jealousy is his goal, but it quickly gets waaaaaaay out of hand. Rollo's clever scheme backfires with stunning success, causing him to fall upward with dizzying speed - as he rockets toward the stars but away from the girl of his dreams.
Rollo's fumbling attempts to undo his tangled web is, by turns, pathetic and hysterically funny. My Inflatable Friend is a witty, cautionary tale about the perils of pretending to be someone you're not - and the hazards of stroking every male's most private and vulnerable part - his swelling ego!
Advance Praise
""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;
""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"
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780979486678 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Iphigenia P, Reviewer
This is a slightly-bawdy, satirical send-up of Beverly Hills. Rollo is a car jockey at a luxurious hotel, pining away for Felicia, who works at the hotel’s on-site beauty salon. When he can’t capture her attention, he devises a wacky plan to make her jealous by parading around with a blow-up doll in various borrowed cars. Things don’t go exactly to plan… This was a pleasant surprise, lots of laugh-out-loud moments and while I have never lived in Los Angeles, its depiction felt accurate.
Reviewer 823951
Unbelievably funny, unexpected, and very challenging for our boy Rollo. An entertaining read... recommended for those who like a good laugh!
I was immediately hooked. A fast paced, effortlessly quick read where the pages just turned themselves!
sue w, Reviewer
My inflatable friend by Gerald Everett Jones.
A reformed hacker-turned-slacker, twenty-something Rollo Hemphill fantasizes about becoming a top-forty DJ. Unfortunately, he has more talent than ambition. He's settled for a menial job as a car jockey at "The Wuthering Palms," a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills.
A brilliant read. Hilarious. Definitely recommend. 5*.
Summer H, Educator
Highly recommend this one! This was my first book to read by this author but definitely won't be my last. The characters will stay with you long after you finish the book and you will find yourself wishing the story would never end.
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