Chart Throb by Ben Elton - ISBN: 9780552773768
Paperback
Reality TV gets real: a hilariously savage takedown of talent shows.

Chart Throb

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  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    4 June 2007

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Summary

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 scr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780552773768
ISBN-10:055277376X
Author:Ben Elton
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Black Swan
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:4 June 2007
Weight:324g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 31mm
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Critics Review

“Another brilliantly savage, laugh-out-loud page-turner from Elton.”

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

About The Author

Ben Elton

Ben Elton’s multi-award winning career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past thirty-five years. In addition to his hugely influential work as a stand-up comic, he was co-writer of TV hits The Young Ones and Blackadder and sole creator of The Thin Blue Line and Upstart Crow. He has written fifteen major bestsellers, including Stark, Popcorn, Inconceivable, Dead Famous, High Society, Two Brothers and Time and Time Again, three West End plays and three musicals, including global phenomenon We Will Rock You. He has written and directed two feature films, Maybe Baby and Three Summers. He is married and has three children.

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