A Language App Parody and Whodunnit
Satire
Date Published: August 15, 2024
Who murdered the mascot and spokes-bear of the world’s most
successful foreign language app? Was it an executive, employee, investor,
lover, or one of the company’s animated instructors – endearing
cartoon personalities invested with the power of Artificial Intelligence?
What began as a chain novel prompt along the lines of “It was a dark
and stormy night” on a language app fan site morphed into a
full-fledged novel and parody by the prize-winning author of Cooperative
Lives. The story originally appeared online in thirteen riveting
installments but is now expanded and available in book format in both
English and German as the definitive parody, page turner, and murder mystery
for anyone who has ever studied language with a cast of digital cartoon
characters and an anthropomorphic mascot.
About the Author
Patrick Finegan was born during the latter half of the Eisenhower
Administration and graduated during the Carter and Reagan Administrations
from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago Law School and
Graduate School of Business. He worked more than thirty years in law,
corporate finance, management consulting and risk management. He has a wife
and grown daughter and is an avid student of foreign languages. He is the
author of three published novels.
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