Screen Burn [Paperback]

Charlie Brooker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2, 2004

Cruel, acerbic, impassioned, gleeful, frequently outrageous and always hilarious, Charlie Brooker's Screen Burn collects the best of the much-loved Guardian Guide columns in one easy-to-read-on-the-toilet package. Sit back and roar as Brooker rips mercilessly into Simon Cowell, Big Brother, Trinny and Susannah, Casualty, Davina McCall, Michael Parkinson...and almost everything else on television. This book will make practically anyone laugh out loud.

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About the Author

Charlie Brooker has worked as a writer, journalist, cartoonist, TV and radio presenter. He created TV Go Home, a hugely successful comedy website that was turned into a book and a TV series. His TV writing credits include the 11 O'Clock Show, Brasseye Special, TV Go Home, Unnovations, and The Art Show. He has a weekly TV column in the Guardian and is currently writing a new Channel 4 series with Chris Morris.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber (December 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571227554
• ISBN-13: 978-0571227556
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,636,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charlie Brooker has worked as a writer, journalist, cartoonist and television and radio presenter. Recent television credits include: 'You Have Been Watching', 'Screenwipe', which won a Royal Television Society award, and 'Newswipe'. Charlie also wrote and produced 'Dead Set', a BAFTA-nominated satirical horror drama for Channel 4. Other TV writing credits include the '11 O'Clock Show' and the 'Brass Eye' Paedophilia Special. Charlie is well-known for his weekly columns in the Guardian and won The Press Awards' columnist of the year 2009.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not good enough for Brooker., July 21, 2011

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Lloyd Morgan (Haarlem and Amsterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Screen Burn (Paperback)

I was introduced to Charlie Brooker through the TV 'adaptation' of this book (itself a collection of his columns from The Guardian). In it, I found Brooker to be hilarious, cutting, and spot on with everything he said.

This book is no different and it won't throw you any surprises if you've taken even a cursory look at his column: it'll have you laughing in public and nodding in agreement all the way through.

There is one caveat, however: you need to watch a lot of TV in order to 'get' most of this book. As someone who doesn't watch ANY 'broadcast' TV (only on-demand downloads) the majority of the TV references went straight over my head. Still, this didn't spoil my enjoyment of the book much at all.

If you want to spend your time more wisely, watch his TV shows or read his other, non-TV-related books.

(The 3* rating may be misleading... it's good, just not 4*s worth of good.)