i don't get people. What's their appeal, precisely? They waddle around with their haircuts on, cluttering the pavement like gormless, farting skittles. They're awful.'

Polite, pensive, mature, reserved... Charlie Brooker is none of these things and less. Picking up where his hilarious Screen Burn left off, Dawn of the Dumb collects the best of Brooker's recent TV writing, together with uproarious spleen-venting diatribes on a range of non-televisual subjects - tackling everything from David Cameron to human hair.

Rude, unhinged, outrageous, and above all funny, Dawn of the Dumb is essential reading for anyone with a brain and a spinal cord. And hands for turning the pages.

The latest from Charlie Brooker including in-depth coverage of Celebrity Big Brother 2007. His previous book "Screen Burn" was hugely popular and with the events from this year's celebrity Big Brother there is no shortage of material. This not only contains Brooker's TV criticism from "The Guardian", but also diatribes on a number of non- televisual subjects.

Polite, pensive, mature, reserved... Charlie Brooker is none of these things and less. Picking up where "Screen Burn" left off, this work collects the best of Charlie Brooker's TV writing, together with spleen-venting diatribes on a range of non-televisual subjects - tackling topics ranging from David Cameron to human hair.