The Hell Of It All by Charlie Brooker.
(Faber & Faber, Oct 2012, Paperback Edition.)
Review by Rebecca Welch.
I’m a big, massive fan of Charlie Brooker and have been for a few years. I used to read the free papers in college and he occasionally writes for The Guardian. Nowadays he has two of his own flagship shows (Screenwipe and Newswipe) and a quizcom show (You Have Been Watching).
For Christmas, I got his book, ‘The Hell of it All’ – third in a series of compilation books comprising Guardian columns, random blogs and ideas for columns that never were.
For those of you who have never come across any of his work, he has been described as a ‘genius of spleen’
A lot of his articles are tangential and involve his reader’s participation, and he has a very nihilistic and sardonic approach to a range of topics: from his background in TV and Video Game reviews to topical news articles. If you can stomach his sometimes frank and morbid narrative I highly recommend it – his over-the-top pessimism often makes you think, or at least laugh out loud.
Has anyone actually heard of him before? What are your thoughts?
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