{"product_id":"the-academy-of-reality-9781956440997","title":"The Academy of Reality","description":"A quest for institutional survival, two subversive corporate employees, Sid Sidney a technician and Mia Monroe a would-be shadow artist, get caught up in the undertow of office-speak and bastardized metrics tracking printer glitches, insurance profits, lab's birdseed expenses, and pigeons' ping pong scores. HR makes things worse, tasking Sid and Mia to co-author an employee benefits booklet, \u003cem\u003eFifty Places to Picnic\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eMia's bio clock and Sid's world population clock blip in-the-moment numbers on tablets, a battle of Darwinian proportions. Although humans and pigeons already overpopulate the Institute, Mia wants a baby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Putnam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Madville Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956440997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePutnam, Steve:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Steve Putnam living the dream: Farm kid, Navy E3, small-town GM mechanic, framing carpenter, and an onsite printer tech at a large corporate account. When the printers were all working, he hid out in a chain link cage, his basement shop, and wrote the first draft of The Academy of Reality. No one at Corporate knew they were funding a novel about the strange ways of big business. For outstanding customer service, Putnam won \"Tech of the Year\" and a trip to Arizona. (As a novel-in-progress, a version of this novel was shortlisted in the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Competition in New Orleans.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Madville Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44475472216179,"sku":"9781956440997","price":32.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_196f1c59-3c5e-4e93-a22d-704e8a8ae832.jpg?v=1774357159","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-academy-of-reality-9781956440997","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}