How I Became a Famous Novelist
How I Became a Famous Novelist Presents a blistering evisceration of celebrity culture and literary fame. In this book, a roguish loser sets out to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time. It is the winner of the 2010 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Full description
How I Became a Famous Novelist Presents a blistering evisceration of celebrity culture and literary fame. In this book, a roguish loser sets out to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time. It is the winner of the 2010 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781849015721 (1849015724)
Publish date: March 1st 2011
Publisher: Corsair
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Satire is always fun. There is something so rewarding about taking the piss out of someone, something or society. The problem with satire is either that the target often doesn't have much of a sense of humour or that the joke is just dragged out too far. One of the greatest works of satire, Jonathan...
This is supposed to be funny? I don't know where the humor of these publishers are...I won't bother writing a review because, what can I say of a book that didn't elicit even a grin? Maybe my sense of humor is dead... or somewhere else, but is definitely in this book.
4.5 starsI'm currently feeling a little bit stupid for not having made notes on this novel before I left for my holiday; but I shall try and review it best as I can; especially as I actually really enjoyed this book. In the wake of Fifty Shades storming the best selling book list, the idea of what m...
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