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"A wonderfully entertaining comedy of manners about the dying days of Fleet Street and the cult of celebrity... The Spoiler is a clever, literary romp with flashes of Nancy Mitford and Helen Fielding... A darkly, deliciously witty read."
—Independent on Sunday
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—Independent on Sunday
A savagely entertaining satire of a celebrity-obsessed newspaper industry where journalists will do anything for a story
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