Chart Throb

Chart Throb is the ultimate pop quest. There are ninety five thousand hopefuls, three judges, just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin 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 Calvin 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 has one winner and a whole bunch of losers.

ISBN 055277376X   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780552773768 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 318 Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd   Published in London Imprint Black Swan   Height (mm) 198 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 127 Publication date 04 Jun 2007   Spine width (mm) 29 DEWEY 823.914   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22   Alternative ISBN 9780753137277 Pages 464

" An absolute coup of black comedy." - "Daily Telegraph" on Popcorn.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

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