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Cause Celeb Helen Fielding Picador (June 1995) ISBN: 0330340395 lots of pages average review: Reviews: This gets: a from eryka: Her pre-Bridget Jones manifesto, and by manifesto I mean that this book had an agenda. Anti-world hunger, NGO nonsense and red tape, etc. Glimmers of Jones humor, but not as good. From the back cover: The spheres of media celebrity and Third World famine were distinct and distant planets until Live Aid yanked them together. Helen Fielding's Cause Celeb explores the implications of their interdependence in the story of Rosie Richardson, fleeing the soulless cliques of Soho for the catastrophe of starving Africa. Fielding juggles the two territories with satire and compassion in one of the year's more unusual comedies. eryka.com scale: So good you just can't stand it. Almost that good. Sort of good. Generally a waste of time. Destined for the recycler. If you'd like to review this book, or another, click here Similar books by category: women writers | uk fiction Go home | Go to reviews home © 2002 eryka.com. All rights reserved.