Dead Famous
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780753122853 (0753122855)
Publish date: April 1st 2004
Publisher: Isis
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Detective,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Crime,
Modern
I seldom like books written by male writers. They are usually emotionally distant, and this book was no exception. Just the opposite, it’s so distant that there was no protagonist. I didn’t care for anyone in this book. It’s supposed to be a murder mystery, but by page 69, when I stopped reading, I ...
This was a recommendation from a friend and a good one. It was a great and very entertaining read. It was a persiflage on television (reality TV), on the slow descent of all things cultural and it was hilarious and crass and gripping. Will check out the other books by this author for sure - gr...
Exactly what you would like to do with some of those reality tv programes, there's a murder in one of those big brother houses.
Interested in sophisticated fun? You, hubby, girlfriends?The more the merrier. Get in touch with Tristero, throughWASTE only, Box 49.Its funny how Pynchon does not scares me anymore. He is not the tentacled Cthulhu (thanks Mr. Lovecraft for my insomniac exhibits) I thought he was. I guess Gravity’s ...
I was completely fascinated by this book from the very first page. A murder committed in a "Big Brother"-type environment would have seemed impossible to achieve - and certainly very easy to solve - so how could it make for an interesting book? Yet Ben Elton manages to pull it off. I had great diffi...
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