Paperback, 110pg

Athena 'Atti the Hun' Nichololias is the most hyper-intense, ultra-cynical, super-intelligent, and chronically misunderstood comic duking it out on the B minus level comedy circuit in Vancouver. The only one who really understands this middle-aged social reformer gag-gal, and her special life mission, is her father, Nikos, a Greek revolutionary who is pulled closer and closer to the grave every day by a debilitating neurological disease, ghosts from his past, and a Computer Age incarnation of evil, "Ralph Reeper." Only Reeper and Nikos know Atti's real purpose, struggle and the unfinished business about the child she gave up for adoption in her lost teen-years. Enter into Atti's life 'Johnboy' Smith, naive New Age Bible-thumper farm kid from Iowa. Through a series of 'accidents' and numerological prayers, hyper-optimist John comes to the conclusion that his calling is to be a stand up comic, and that Atti is his Extraterrestrial Angelic Spirit Helper. Atti takes on the wayward pilgrim. A friendship develops amid the cultural tension and the romantic underfeelings. But the Comedy Camelot is destined for disaster - unless Atti can beat Reeper at the game that he started - and is so good at. Now a CBC Television Drama