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None.  jayne_charles | Jan 3, 2011 |  25 May 2009 - from Julie and Barry when they moved away I picked this out of the bags as a Lodge I didn't know about. It's a novella based on a play Lodge wrote about the pitfalls of celebrity. Working well as a long short story, we meet two authors, one out there and successful, one practically a hermit, the woman they both once loved, now married to one of them, and a celebrity interviewer known for stitching up her victims. When they try to play a trick on her, will it all backfire? Really nicely written (of course) and with a great little storyline - very good and it is in book form so I'll count it as a full book read! (  ) LyzzyBee | Sep 1, 2009 | A nicely paced novella, playing with the idea of minor celebrity and (because it's Lodge) the terrible terribleness of what it's like to be a writer. Adapted from a play, and it's really quite noticeable once you look for it. generalising | Apr 4, 2009 | Adrian is a distinguished former novelist with a novel on the A-level set text list. His best friend Sam is a successful screenwriter hoping to break into Hollywood. When one of the new breed of journo-interviewers does a hatchet job on Sam, the two men plot to get their own back on her - but as you might guess it was never going to go to plan! A witty novella satirising the cult of celebrity and the insecurity of writing for a living. Adapted from a play, it rattles along for its 115 pages piling on the layers of humiliation for all four involved (Adrian, his wife Ellie, Sam and Fanny - the journalist), until reaching its climax on a day we will all remember. It reads like a play being very dialogue driven, but that allows Lodge's wit to sparkle all the more. ( ) gaskella | Jul 25, 2008 | Tidy novella about literary celebrity. Lightly provocative, breezily written—a pleasant-enough afternoon diversion. (  ) jbushnell | Apr 7, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
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All in all it’s a mildly amusing (not laugh-out-loud) take on the hostile celebrity interview, and the ins and outs of being a writer. Despite its brevity it still makes some interesting points as well as raising questions, chief among which was: are people actually called Fanny anymore? (