Odd book title “Pookoo” may revamp dictionary“Pookoo” now means new Afterlife term in a new satire about celebrity culture and fame.
“The main character, Katlin Hillmacher, wryly says it when he's imagining what he calls The Afterlife Camera,” author D.L. Shiloh said, referring to his just-published satire Pookoo, now available at Amazon.com ($10) or as a free PDF e-book download anywhere on the Internet. “He believes everyone's life is being filmed and when we die, we have a life review. We see “the movie of our life.” It's also what he said as a kid instead of peek-a-boo.” Katlin is a former Olympian, a javelin thrower who won silver medal then gained rock star fame as a New Age cult figure. Together with the story's narrator, Katlin works as a movie theater usher. He was propelled into stardom when on a late-night TV cable interview show he declared that he'd had several Near Death Experiences and saw the Angel of Death. Shiloh writes at the end of the Chapter 27: “No one in history, I thought, needed more damage control at that time. I was wrong. It got worse.” The book, a Vonnegut-inspired tract, is about Celebrity and fame. “Nowadays people can get famous for about anything,” Shiloh explained. “It's better when people do something [to gain fame].” As the book takes root in society, you might hear the word “pookoo' more often. Another reason you might hear it more and more is that a feature-length screenplay is currently being written. The “movie of your life” just might be coming to a theater near you soon. Pookoo: a satire of celebrity $10 USD 190 pages ISBN: 1438248164 EAN-13: 9781438248165 www.dlshiloh.com www.pookoo.net Homefield Multimedia P.O. Box 16314 Loves Park, IL 61132-6314 Tel. 815-639-0769 # # # Homefield Multimedia is a multimedia group using new media technology to publish books, CDs and DVDs. End
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