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Synopsis
The sharp and gutsy debut novel from the bestselling author of Bridget Jones's Diary.
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Rosie Richardson, short-skirted, under-appreciated Publicity Gel, dumps her egotistical, bullying, TV presenter boyfriend and heads to Africa to save the natives. But after four years in the plains, a plague of locusts and civil war take their toll, the frustrated and disillusioned Rosie is pushed back to her media-dahling roots in London.
Armed with a bucket full of will power, she fends off the determined amorous advances of her ex whilst trying to enlist his celebrity-pulling power to further her personal Cause Celeb: a Live Aid inspired celebrity television appeal to raise cash for food in the country she left behind.
Cause Celeb isn't exactly ground breaking but it does manage to bring a little gravitas to what is basically a novel about love, sex and a world where insincere celebs are fawned over by all and sundry. The descriptions of the African camp where Rosie spends four years of her life (concentrating on her career until a doctor--hunky, naturally--woos her over a few bloodied bodies) are vivid enough to force the dramatic irony forward as Rosie's past and present collide, and her jaded experiences of London life will certainly ring true for many readers.
All in all, Cause Celeb is the kind of book you might read in the bath or on the beach--not too taxing but involving and spirited enough to make you want to find out what happens in the end. --Susan Harrison
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A champion first novel . . . what makes it such a pleasure to read is its variety of tone: flip, flirtatious, serious, mocking and moving . . . get hold of a copy of this book. (Observer)
A terrific achievement . . . The camp scenes are as moving and funny as the original M*A*S*H; she sends up the self-important “mediacracy” with an insider’s wit, and it’s written at a romping pace with a cliff-hanger finish. (Cosmopolitan)
Sharp, gutsy and refreshing. (Independent)
Thoughtful, ironic and completely gripping. (Harry Enfield)
A brilliantly funny satire. (Time Out)
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0330396218
- ISBN 13 9780330396219
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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Condition: Very Good+. Cause Celeb - the critically acclaimed debut novel from a writer with a bou ndless grasp of the existential and the uproarious - has just landed in Ame rica. Deftly skewering the world of celebrity fundraising, Fielding has cre ated an alternately comic and moving satire that straddles the glitter of m edia London and the horrors of an African refugee crisis. Rosie Richardson, a twenty-something literary puffette, is in a totally non -functional relationship with an unevolved but irresistible adult male - a hotshot TV presenter who plunges her into the glitzy, bitchy, inane lifesty le of London's It people. Disillusioned with the celebrity world, Rosie esc apes to run a refugee camp in the African jungle. When famine strikes and a massive refugee influx heads for the camp, governments and agencies drag their heels. Bringing her former media savvy to the fore, realizing the only way to get food out fast is to bring celebrities first, Rosie turns to the life and man she fled to organize a star-studded emergency appeal from famine-rack. Seller Inventory # RWARE0000016178
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Paperback. Condition: OKAZ. Helen Fielding's first novel is a funny but moving satire. Rosie Richardson is disillusioned by her celebrity existence in London. She decides to move on and spends four years running a refugee camp in Africa. When famine strikes in a nearby province the camp is suddenly overflowing with starving refugees. Rosie returns to London in order to bring celebs out to Africa for a star-studded TV appeal."Sharp, gutsy and refreshing" )Independent(. A Picador title, which has been reissued following the massive success of the )Bridget Jones( titles. - Nombre de page(s) : - Poids : 175g - Genre : Anglais Ouvrages de littérature. Seller Inventory # O3423951-666
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