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- riverrun
Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Humour
Joseph Connolly's comic outrage skewers over-inflated celebrity culture and dethrones child stardom in this violently funny satire.
Terence is sick of people making a fuss of Alexander. His looks. His money. His fame.
Who wouldn't resent so successful a son?
Even if he is only ten years old.
Joseph Connolly's brilliant new comedy of manners weaves together a domestic tableaux of characters - those with old-fashioned manners, tabloid manners, and no manners at all - in a satire on oedipal envy, neighbourly rivalry and the shameless stupidity of our fame-fuelled society.
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