Brooklyn Bookbeat: Truth in advertising: Brooklyn Heights writer’s view
Earlier this month we featured Brooklyn writer John Kenney whose debut novel “Truth in Advertising” explores the life of a modern day advertising professional. Kenney, who has worked in the field for nearly two decades, draws upon his own experience and reveals a contemporary advertising world that is, for the most part, far removed from the drama and sex portrayed in Mad Men. Through his fictional character Finbar Dolan, Kenney offers a candid and humorous vision of what it truly means to be an advertising professional, delving not only into Dolan’s professional life, but also the inevitable complications of romance and family relationships.
In anticipation of the book launch and Kenney’s Jan. 23 appearance at Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn Eagle checked in with the author, who tells us how he wound up in Brooklyn Heights.