Chart Throb

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Chart Throb
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ben Elton
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 127
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780552773768
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint Black Swan
Publication Date 4 June 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A biting social satire of one of the world's most popular cultural phenomena from the bestselling author of The First Casualty. Chart Throb.The ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers whom he has pre-selected in his carefully scripted 'search' for a star, he has no idea that the rules are changing. The 'real' is about to be put back into 'reality' television and Calvin and his fellow judges (the nation's favourite mum and the other bloke) are about to become ex-factors themselves. Ben Elton, author of Popcorn and Dead Famous returns to blistering comic satire with a savagely hilarious deconstruction of the world of modern television talent shows. Chart Throb. One winner. A whole bunch of losers.

Author Biography

Ben Elton is one of Britain's most provocative and entertaining writers. From celebrity to climate change, from the First World War to the end of the world, his books give his unique perspective on some of the most controversial topics of our time. He has written twelve major bestsellers, including Stark, Popcorn, Inconceivable (filmed as Maybe Baby, which he also directed), Dead Famous, High Society (WH Smith People's Choice Award 2003) and The First Casualty. He has also written some of television's most popular and incisive comedy, including The Young Ones, Blackadder and The Man From Auntie. His stage work includes three West End plays and the hit musicals The Beautiful Game and We Will Rock You. He is married with three children.

Reviews

Another brilliantly savage, laugh-out-loud page-turner from Elton * OK Magazine *