by Ben Elton · Bantam Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780593057506
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«Chart Throb» is Ben Elton's novel of humor and satire, published by Bantam Press in paperback (384 pages, in English).
A novel satirizing television talent shows. Ninety-five thousand hopefuls, three judges and a single winner: the format's creator, who writes the rules to suit himself. But when the contest seems on track, the rules change and the judges end up expelled from their own show.
Export/Airport edition, published in December 2006. Ben Elton here delivers a satire in the vein of his earlier novels «Popcorn» and «Dead Famous».
Recommended for readers of British humor and for those who enjoy satires on the culture of fame and talent television.
Benjamin Charles Elton is a British comedian and writer. He has written and produced for television, radio, films, novels, theatre and musicals, and has performed as a stand-up comedian and on screen. One of the major figures in the alternative comedy movement of the 1980s, he used a style of left-wing political satire in his early stand-up comedy.
