How to be Famous

Caitlin Moran author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Ebury Publishing

Published:11th Jul '19

Should be back in stock very soon

How to be Famous cover

The Sunday Times Number One bestseller from the author of How to Build a Girl about a young woman making it in a world where men hold all the power.


The Sunday Times bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club favourite


'Being Moran, the jokes and one-liners fizz and crackle off the page' Richard's Review

'As usual, Moran writes fearlessly, openly, honestly and incredibly funnily about sex - especially bad sex' Judy's Review

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I'm Johanna Morrigan. It's 1995. I'm nineteen and I live in the epicentre of Britpop. Parklife!

My unrequited love, John Kite, is busy with a Number One album, world-tour, drugs, and a nervous breakdown.

So, I've started hanging out with hot young comedian Jerry Sharp. Big mistake.

"He's a vampire," my friend Suzanne warns. "One of those men who destroys bright young girls. Also, he's a total dick."

Unfortunately, I've already had sex with him. Bad sex. And now, I'm one of the girls he is trying to destroy.

I know I have to stop him. But how does one girl fight a famous, powerful man?

A novel about friendship, feminism and finding your place in the world.

Who better than Caitlin Moran to bring fame down to earth with a bump -- HELEN FIELDING, bestselling author of Bridget Jones's Diary
It's quite a ride, this book. It's laugh-out-loud funny, sweetly romantic and fiercely angry. Often all at once ... beautifully written * THE TIMES *
A deeply satisfying tale of sex, drugs, britpop, unrequited love, London, and a narrator I completely adore. This is funny, philosophical, and poignant in equal measure. Glorious and life-enhancing -- NINA STIBBE
Brilliantly funny, caustic social commentary with the best-wish fulfilment revenge scene I've read, like, ever * THE POOL *
A rollicking fantasy which leaves a rosy afterglow -- Book of the Day * GUARDIAN *
A glorious life-affirming love letter to teenage girls, pop music, best friends and that one guy you'll never get enough of * RED MAGAZINE *
Moran's words are, as always, kind, tender and achingly funny. This is a real love letter to teenage girls and North London - if this book was a popstar I'd be putting its posters up on my wall and doodling its name all over my Maths book -- DAISY BUCHANAN, bestselling author of How To Be A Grown-Up
On every page you'll find yourself tits-deep in word treasure. A filthy, gutsy, exhilarating call to arms -- EMMA-JANE UNSWORTH, bestselling author of Animals
A machete-sharp follow up [to How to Build a Girl] ... boasts a rogue's gallery of brilliant characters familiar to anyone who has ever read the NME * IRISH INDEPENDENT *
The dazzlingly gifted Moran makes mythic the maligned, misunderstood, momentous 1990s. Prose crackling and fizzing with charm, mischief and passion, she is the sharpest, funniest, most influential writer of her generation, which is also my generation, annoyingly -- STUART MACONIE

ISBN: 9780091948993

Dimensions: 198mm x 126mm x 20mm

Weight: 229g

336 pages