Dead Famous - Brossura

Elton, Ben

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0552149020 ISBN 13: 9780552149020

Casa editrice: Black Swan, 2002

Riassunto

One house. Ten contestants. Thirty cameras. Forty microphones. Yet again the public gorges its voyeuristic appetite as another group of unknown and unremarkable people submit themselves to the brutal exposure of the televised real-life soap opera, House Arrest. Everybody knows the rules: total strangers are forced to live together while the rest of the country watches them do it. Who will crack first? Who will have sex and with whom? Who will the public love and who will they hate? All the usual questions. And then, suddenly, there are some new ones. Who is the murderer? How did he or she manage to kill under the constant gaze of the thirty television cameras? Why did they do it? And who will be next?

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Recensione:

“One of the best whodunits I have ever read...a funny, gripping, hugely entertaining thriller, but also a persuasive, dyspeptic account of the way we live now, with our insane, inane cult of the celebrity.” -- Sunday Telegraph

“A book with pace and wit, real tension, a dark background theme and a big on-screen climax.” -- Independent

L'autore:

Ben Elton’s career both as performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the last twenty years. In addition to his stand-up work, his TV credits include The Young Ones, Blackadder and The Thin Blue Line. His novels include Stark, Gridlock, This Other Eden, Popcorn, Blast From The Past, Inconceivable and Dead Famous. Ben Elton lives in London with his wife Sophie and their three children.

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• Editore: Black Swan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0552149020
• ISBN 13: 9780552149020
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384