Dead Famous is Ben Elton's latest book about a murder in a Big Brother type house, very witty (as all his books are) and sees straight to the heart of what Big Brother is actually about with a cynics eyes. Its very very good, you dont find out who is actually murdered for quite a while nor the culprit til the end. It is easy to see which characters have been based on who: theres a gentle irish girl, a cockney geezah who was on drugs til his child was born, a hippy girl...very amusing.
I highly recommend it to any Big Brother fans who dont mind the whole "sociological experiment" been exposed in a totally different light!
selene xx

I read that recently! Really enjoyed it, thought it was funny and it was very interesting to see how the producer manipulated the way the HMs were viewed, the way some forum members accuse C4 of doing! Agree about the HMs being based on real HMs too - didn't Dervla even have the same surname as Anna from BB1?

Nolan, so she did!
sel xx

Haven't read it Sel .. but will get it next time I am in a bookshop!
I love it when people recommend good books.

Have read thousands of books, new ones, second hand ones, library ones (yes libraries still exist these days!).

I love that 'new book' smell - especially if it's a hard back, and the joy of turning over new clean pages

LK - Bookworm !

There was a post on here about this book ages ago which prompted me to go and read it. I found the whole editing thing to be very true to what they are doing on real life BB. So yeah - if anyone wants to read it it comes highly recommended

I find the Inspector reminding me of my dad, who still refuses to have anything to do wth Big Brother and denies even knowing their names...
selene

cool... next on my shopping list!!! thanks... The only book from ben elton I read was inconceavable... and loved it... (even though I cant spell it!!!!)

Mireille

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to buy it.

I wonder if I'd have watched BB3 differently had I read it beforehand.

Thanks.

yep its really funny-even manged to persuade my bb hating dad to read it-now hes saying he might have towatch an episode. hurrah! i really enjoyed picking out which ex housemates the characters are based on-it was so clever

me n pops have read all the ben eltons, so im sure ill be able to persuade him to give it a go!
selene xx

ditto selene! have you read 'this other eden' ? thats my personal fave

mmmmmmmmmmmm.................booooooks!!!! (in Homer type voice)

Thanks for posting the recommendation. One more for my overloaded floor (have run out of shelves and boxes under the bed> They sit in piles on the bedroom floor now)

BC
who cannot use libraries. I hate giving the things back!!

yes, i have it. but i much prefer popcorn, the whole influence-of-televsion thing fascinates me. i would love to see it onstage, missed it when it came near me cuz i wasnt watching out :'(
oh come to think of it i havent actually read blast from the past yet, have you? i only saw it once in a shop and didnt like the sound that much but if its any good ill go for it.
sel xx

it has £2 off it in wh smith at the moment, only £4.99- GO BUY!

sel xx

hmmm...no popcorn is way better, blast from the past is a bit poor with a really rubbish ending(i din't like inconceivable much either but i thought stark was great) so don't rush out and buy it

i got a little bored in gridlock and stark as well, but im glad i read them. maybe ill get my dad to buy blast... as holiday reading (dead famous was meant to be but i read it all day yesterday instead! (hey, i bought pride amd prejudice, emma and sense and sensibility from oxfam for 59p each so im not going short on the holiday reading really...))

Way Hay!!!! Even better!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Sel

BC
planning how to blow the weeks budget on yet another book.
perhaps I'll not buy the dinner ingredients for tomorrow evening (hate cooking anyway) and the cat doesn't need those handy little pouches surely? I am sure he loves salad........

ooh very cultured- the jane austen collection! if ur in the mood for some serious reading i recommend girl with a pearl earring and a small death in lisbon(my favourite books)

serious? moi? i forgot to mention also got 2 joanne harris's off amazon which should arrive soon, plus im taking my best mate meg with me and im going to maker her get more books i want to read...
selly xx

lol, ur gonna b over ur baggage allowance if ur not careful! is joanne harris any good?

shes the one who wrote chocolat, she writes about french life, and im going to france, so... ive ordered blackbery wine and five quarters of an orange, hoping ill enjoy them as much as i did chocolat.
selene

I've just started it.
I work in a bookshop so I tend to overspend on the things! In fact most of my wages seem to go straight back in the till!

Ottakars (where I am) has it in the 2 for £10 promo, get it with Atonement by ian Mcewan which is also VVVVV good.

Book review over

PS Has anyone actually bought the BB book yet? and exactly why is out before the series has ended this time? surely they could have done the same as last year and wait, it seemed to sell OK then?

[quote]Originally posted by sockmonkey
lol, ur gonna b over ur baggage allowance if ur not careful! is joanne harris any good? [/QUOTE

read chocolat and the orange one... I liked them but then I come from small village in france and I supposed can identify a bit to the plots...

Mireille

the lass i sit next to in english was reading that a bit ago and kept enthusing to me about it, but she loves the sound of her voice and i dont so i kinda switched off
selene