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Saturday, 20 October 2007 |
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 tsentell@millsprings.org
In the alluring history of world literature, Todd Sentell is the first native Georgian and Atlantan to publish a sports-related novel ... comic golf ... comic tennis ... comic bowling or otherwise ... and Toonamint of Champions is seriously funny. In other words, Deliverance wasn't written for canoeing enthusiasts, if you know what we mean.
He's also an award winning magazine writer. His wildly comic golf novel, "Toonamint of Champions: How LaJuanita Mumps Got to Join Augusta National Golf Club Real Easy" was released in April, 2007 by Kunati Books.
It's already been hailed as a social satirical masterpiece and its quirky style and tone has been compared to Mark Twain, P.G. Wodehouse, and James Thurber ... those three hip cats writing, however, under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms. In other words, in Toonamint of Champions, an extreme social satire, people who scream for attention ... intentionally or otherwise ... end up getting a whole lot of it.
For many years, Todd was director of sales and marketing of one of Atlanta's swankiest private golf clubs ... beyond the guard shack, an hourly source of horrifying behavior by alcohol and ego-addled well dressed rich white men—and some of their secretaries—not to be believed. It was a lot of fun for everybody, except for the poor gal in accounts receivable.
When Todd's not writing, he's a one-on-one specialist, substitute teacher, and guest lecturer at a school for kids with learning disabilities where he teaches social skills and everyday etiquette. In the literary world, that's what we call ironic as all get out.
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