Springfield, MO (PRWEB) June 29, 2011

4465 PReSS, a popular, Independent Publisher of 21st Century multimedia titles, has just released, BAKED-OFF; a satirical, literary romp through modern, American culinary experience. BAKED-OFF is the fourth in a growing list of books by contemporary novelist, LiNCOLN PARK.

BAKED-OFF is a sumptuous casserole of people, places, plots and recipes; revolving around participation in the national and fictitious, Tower Flour Baking Contest.

BAKED-OFF tells the stories of several such 'foodies' – who vie for the top spot in the 'Super Bowl' of cooking competitions. The main characters, a flawed and fractious lot; search for identity and validation through their relationship with food.

BAKED-OFF is a considered confluence of food, traditions, technology and the saucy, satirical wit of today’s eclectic pop & alternative cultures. It is being lauded as a pioneer of the ‘wave 2’ fiction genre (a new subset of novels where characters interact with readers using external, social communication tools – i.e. external websites, blogs, twitter accounts, email addresses, phone numbers, music playlists, and online reviews. Another noteworthy book in the ‘wave 2’ fiction category is “Personal Effects: Dark Art” by J.C. Hutchins).

The interactivity begins at Tower Flour -- The reader's online experience with BAKED-OFF is centralized at the book's official website, Click here At towerflour.com, readers can enjoy photo collages of baking scenarios, recipe listings from the book, character references, videos of flour fights and a password-protected, interactive footnote index. Readers of BAKED-OFF will be additionally surprised and delighted by their ability to interact with the main characters; as these characters also possess working email addresses, twitter accounts, websites, online playlists and blogs.

The publication of BAKED-OFF comes two and a half years after the release of Ms. Park's wildly popular third novel, HANDLE TiME (isbn:0615215181); the humorous, working-class rant about the character and consequence of an American Call Center. HANDLE TiME has received stellar reviews from both, literary and call-center communities.

“I wrote BAKED-OFF for my fans,” says LiNCOLN PARK; “They still read hard copy; but they also tweet, email, blog, comment, review, download, stream, etc. I wanted this book to honor the new and exciting ways in which my readers and fans cultivate entertainment media and engage with storytelling environments.”

BAKED-OFF is a spectacular tribute to today’s epicure; and the way that the first leg of the food, clothing, shelter trinity has stood up to the test of human life.

BAKED-OFF
Genre Fiction
Paperback; 178 pages
ISBN: 1257642952
ISBN-13: 978-1-257-64295-3

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