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Troubleshot
A Satire
“Just sit tight, shut up and let me work my magic. And, for heaven’s sake, try to look empowered.”
Trent Argent, community troubleshooter, has been parachuted into an isolated village identified as a problem area. It’s his job to tell the Ramstead locals to eat less sugar and stop getting their teenagers pregnant. He’s done this countless times before, but how did he end up so rich?
The council is determined. It’s brought together public agencies in partnership, and not just to have someone else to point at when things go wrong. The villagers, led by Gerald Thompson of the community association, are also serious about wanting to be left alone. They’ve made it their business to mind their own business.
Over the course of six bungled initiatives, council and community clash. Trent’s agenda remains unclear, but few believe that Ramstead will come out better for it. Can Gerald save the village from the terrifying threat of gentrification?
Troubleshot is the hilarious debut novel from P.J. Murphy. Based upon no personal experience whatsoever (ahem), it finds the funny side of local politics.
“Just sit tight, shut up and let me work my magic. And, for heaven’s sake, try to look empowered.”
Trent Argent, community troubleshooter, has been parachuted into an isolated village identified as a problem area. It’s his job to tell the Ramstead locals to eat less sugar and stop getting their teenagers pregnant. He’s done this countless times before, but how did he end up so rich?
The council is determined. It’s brought together public agencies in partnership, and not just to have someone else to point at when things go wrong. The villagers, led by Gerald Thompson of the community association, are also serious about wanting to be left alone. They’ve made it their business to mind their own business.
Over the course of six bungled initiatives, council and community clash. Trent’s agenda remains unclear, but few believe that Ramstead will come out better for it. Can Gerald save the village from the terrifying threat of gentrification?
Troubleshot is the hilarious debut novel from P.J. Murphy. Based upon no personal experience whatsoever (ahem), it finds the funny side of local politics.
289 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 26, 2022
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P.J. Murphy
4 books20 followersP.J. Murphy writes novels that introduce unusual and humorous twists to established genres. If you pick up one of his books, you’re in for an unusual read that rarely loses its sense of fun.
His mystery novel, Dead Letters, was selected as the genre winner in the 2023 Page Turner Book Awards, and his coming-of-age novel, Yesterday’s Shadow, was the genre winner for contemporary fiction in 2024.
As a writer, P.J. Murphy tries to stick to the adage ‘write what you know’, although with the addition, ‘just make sure you exaggerate and distort it beyond all recognition’. He is planning to write a novel about taking a road trip with a parrot. He has never owned a parrot.
His mystery novel, Dead Letters, was selected as the genre winner in the 2023 Page Turner Book Awards, and his coming-of-age novel, Yesterday’s Shadow, was the genre winner for contemporary fiction in 2024.
As a writer, P.J. Murphy tries to stick to the adage ‘write what you know’, although with the addition, ‘just make sure you exaggerate and distort it beyond all recognition’. He is planning to write a novel about taking a road trip with a parrot. He has never owned a parrot.
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