Sulphuric Acid
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Tired of traditional reality shows, the television audience wants blood, literally. One day, while out taking a walk in the Jardin des Plantes, Pannonique finds herself piled into a cattle-truck. Suddenly, it seems, anyone can be picked up and hauled off to the studio without a moment's notice. Sulphuric Acid tells the story of this reality TV death camp which has become the nation's obsession - an amoral spectacle played out through the media. Following the shifting fortunes of Pannonique and her nemesis it is a blackly funny and shocking satire about the modern predilection for celebrity and reality television.
Author: Amelie Nothomb
Format: Hardback, 144 pages, 136mm x 205mm, 225 g
Published: 2007, Faber & Faber, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
Tired of traditional reality shows, the television audience wants blood, literally. One day, while out taking a walk in the Jardin des Plantes, Pannonique finds herself piled into a cattle-truck. Suddenly, it seems, anyone can be picked up and hauled off to the studio without a moment's notice. Sulphuric Acid tells the story of this reality TV death camp which has become the nation's obsession - an amoral spectacle played out through the media. Following the shifting fortunes of Pannonique and her nemesis it is a blackly funny and shocking satire about the modern predilection for celebrity and reality television.
Sulphuric Acid