Blast From The Past by Ben Elton - ISBN: 9780552998338
Paperback
Late-night call unlocks a shocking secret, changing everything forever.

Blast From The Past

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 1999

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Summary

A blast of energy and zeitgeist from Britain’s foremost comic talent.

It’s two fifteen a.m., you’re in bed alone and you’re woken by the phone. Your eyes are wide and your body tense before it has completed so much as a single ring. And as you wake, in the tiny moment between sleep and consciousness, you know already that something is wrong.

Only someone bad would call at such an hour. Or someone good, but with bad news, which would probably be worse.

You lie there in …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780552998338
ISBN-10:0552998338
Author:Ben Elton
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Black Swan
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:15 July 1999
Weight:251g
Dimensions:198mm x 127mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

Only Ben Elton could combine uncomfortable questions about gender politics with a gripping, page-turning narrative and jokes that make you laugh out loud

Only Ben Elton could combine uncomfortable questions about gender politics with a gripping, page-turning narrative and jokes that make you laugh out loud – Tony Parsons, author of Man and BoyElton at his most outrageously entertaining * Cosmopolitan *The action is tight and well-plotted, the dialogue is punchy, and the whole thing rolls along so nicely * Guardian *A lively thriller of sexual politics and morality. Elton’s best book yet * Elle *

About The Author

Ben Elton

Ben Elton’s multi-award winning career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past thirty-five years. In addition to his hugely influential work as a stand-up comic, he was co-writer of TV hits The Young Ones and Blackadder and sole creator of The Thin Blue Line and Upstart Crow. He has written fifteen major bestsellers, including Stark, Popcorn, Inconceivable, Dead Famous, High Society, Two Brothers and Time and Time Again, three West End plays and three musicals, including global phenomenon We Will Rock You. He has written and directed two feature films, Maybe Baby and Three Summers. He is married and has three children.

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