Celebrity

Resumen del libro

Do you wonder where it's all going to end? Does the word celebrity' sound like a fifth horseman of the apocalypse? Then this book is for you: a hilarious, appalling portrait of a world obsessed to the point of lunacy by celebrity, a guide to our times and a classic piece of comic writing.

These days, entertainers don't just entertain: they advocate dubious religions', work for the United Nations, get face-time with heads of state and propose solutions to problems for which their expertise qualifies them, problems like Africa, the Middle East, AIDS and cancer.

Feast your eyes then, at the beginning of a bright new chapter in human history, on Sharon Stone's heartfelt if troubled peace mission in Israel, on a world where Angelina Jolie advises on the Iraqi reconstruction effort or Charlie Sheen analyses 9/11, and in which Jude Law's attempts to establish contact with the Taliban are reported without irony. This is all true. It is all happening.

Celebrity is a roadmap, a survivalist's guide, a Rosetta Stone for our times: without a copy you are not equipped to engage with the world.