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In his latest laugh-out-loud collection of misanthropic scribblings, hideous Q-list celebrity failure Charlie Brooker tackles everything from the misery of nightclubs to the death of Michael Jackson, making room for Sir Alan Sugar, potato crisps, global financial meltdown, conspiracy theories and Hole in the Wall along the way. The collapse of civilisation has never felt this funny (unless you're a sociopath, in which case it's been an uninterrupted laugh riot since the days of the Somme).
This book is guaranteed to brighten your life, put a spring in your step, and lie to you on its back cover.
Trade review
In his latest collection of misanthropic scribblings, Brooker tackles everything from the misery of nightclubs to the death of Michael Jackson, making room for Sir Alan Sugar, global financial meltdown, crisps and "Hole In The Wall" along the way. This is the 3rd collection of Brooker's "Guardian" columns.
Synopsis
A collection of misanthropic scribblings, hideous Q-list celebrity failure the author tackles everything from the misery of nightclubs to the death of Michael Jackson, making room for Sir Alan Sugar, potato crisps, global financial meltdown. It is guaranteed to brighten your life, put a spring in your step, and lie to you on its back cover.
Book Details
Publisher:
FABER & FABER
Publication Date:
04-Oct-2012
ISBN:
9780571297658
About this author
Charlie Brooker has worked as a writer, journalist, cartoonist and broadcaster. His TV writing credits include Nathan Barley, BAFTA-nominated satirical horror Dead Set and the Rose d’Or-winning sci-fi festival-of-cheeriness Black Mirror. He also writes and presents the RTS-winning Wipe series of BBCshows, Channel 4’s Ten O’Clock Live, and Radio 4’s So Wrong It’s Right. He is also well-known for his weekly columns in the Guardian newspaper. But so what? One day, he will die.