"Chart Throb" is the ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner. And that's Colin Simms, the genius behind the show. Colin always wins because Colin 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 Colin 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" is about one winner and a whole bunch of losers.
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Review:
"An absolute coup of black comedy."-"Daily Telegraph" on Popcorn."From the Trade Paperback edition." " An absolute coup of black comedy." - "Daily Telegraph" on Popcorn. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
Book Description:
A biting social satire of one of the world's most popular cultural phenomena from the bestselling author of The First Casualty.
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- PublisherBantam Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 059305749X
- ISBN 13 9780593057490
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages432
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