They say that sex sells but when Max Cohen takes a job in a Pittsburgh ad agency he learns that sex kills too.Max is hired to work on the account for a multinational steel corporation, but when the client fires the agency, he finds himself on the ΓÇ£Muffler KingΓÇ¥ account, promoting a local chain of muffler and auto service centers. It isnΓÇÖt long before Max learns that Big Jim King, founder and president of Muffler King,  is a sexual voyeur who uses the agency to source young subjects for his sexual escapades. Max must carefully negotiate big JimΓÇÖs Desires, the agencyΓÇÖs need to keep Muffler King as a client, and the advances of Kitty Wells, Muffler KingΓÇÖs marketing manager and Big JimΓÇÖs duplicitous lover.  The Ad Game is a both rollicking look at the world of advertising and a cautionary tale of uncontrolled appetites.




by Joshua D. Dinman