The Dictionary Of National Celebrity

by William Donaldson, Hermione Eyre

Charlotte the Harlot. Nasty Nick. The Coughing Major. The age of reality TV has spawned an ever-expanding roster of colorful personalities. Admired celebrity columnist Hermione Eyre and Kit Bryson, author of Brewer's Rogues , V illains and Eccentrics , provide a witty, irreverent tour of today's celebrity culture--from the Spice Girls' Emma Bunton to Pop Idol's Simon Cowell. Eyre and Bryson also offer hilarious entries on historical figures-- such as Lady Godiva and Cleopatra -- who "paved the way" for today's pop icons, as well as articles on such phenomena as "celebrity air rage," and examinations of key celebrity issues like "cracking the American market."

263 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 2006

Reviews

[Nickie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Written by a comic genius and the bath salts correspondent from the Independent. I'm not too hot on list books though - I didn't think much of the TV Go Home book either. Still, nice to see Michel Foucault and Sam Fox side by side at last.