Adventures in Capitalism

by TobyLitt (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $3.20

  'He has invented a fresh, contemporary style - it will sing in the ears of this generation' Malcolm Bradbury Why does Mr Kipling bake such exceedingly good cakes? Is Jeremy Beadle really the devil incarnate? What happens when advertising turns you into a monomaniac? Find out the answers and more in this surreal journey to the epicentre of the consumer world - a place where weirdos and saddos overindulge in lottery tickets, burgers, CD-roms and Eurotrash.

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  Paperback
  1997

  $4.12

  THE BOOK: Toby Litt's genre-breaking adventures take us to the epicentre of the consumer world. Mono-maniacs, fantasists, obsessives, saddos and plain lunatics indulge and overindulge in burgers, CD Roms, Nintendo, knives lottery tickets, washing machines, sexual acts, Gap clothes, Eurotras and a host of white goods. Morrisey, Moriarty, Mr Kipling cross paths with a whole host of real life characters including Michel Foucault Ben and Jerry, Elvis and Quentin Tarantino.

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.20