When journalist Abigail Long gets her own column - Abigail's Party - she is propelled into the sparkling world of celebrity, champagne and canapés. Seduced by the bright lights and sound-bites, she swaps real friends and true love for late nights and laminated invitations. As launch party follows launch party and premiere follows premiere, the circuit becomes increasingly addictive. After a close relationship with the hottest new actor in town, Abigail suddenly finds herself on the other side of the lens. And so she begins her final descent into true canapé hell.
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'A bitingly funny satire ... sharp, witty and vastly entertaining' (Heat )
'A wickedly incisive wit dissects the highs and lows of the cocaine and champers set' (Cosmopolitan )
'Comic look at the perils of the celebrity circuit ... Horribly fascinating' (Elle )
'A modern morality tale with a happy ending' (Daily Mail )
'Wicked' (Image )
'A spirited satire on celebrity culture...A dark, insider's view of fashionable stars and happening bars, the book crackles with acute observation and hilarious one-liners' (Mail on Sunday )
'Absolutely hysterical, I could not put it down' (Candace Bushnell )
'Funny, with a wry insider's view of the newspaper world' (She )
'A delicious tale of champagne and cocaine-fuelled debauchery, briskly told' (Pete Clark, Evening Standard )
'A wickedly incisive wit dissects the highs and lows of the cocaine and champers set' (Cosmopolitan )
'Comic look at the perils of the celebrity circuit ... Horribly fascinating' (Elle )
'A modern morality tale with a happy ending' (Daily Mail )
'Wicked' (Image )
'A spirited satire on celebrity culture...A dark, insider's view of fashionable stars and happening bars, the book crackles with acute observation and hilarious one-liners' (Mail on Sunday )
'Absolutely hysterical, I could not put it down' (Candace Bushnell )
'Funny, with a wry insider's view of the newspaper world' (She )
'A delicious tale of champagne and cocaine-fuelled debauchery, briskly told' (Pete Clark, Evening Standard )
About the Author
IMOGEN EDWARDS-JONES, in her previous capacity as 'Arty Animal' correspondent for The Times, attended every film premiere party, theatre opening book launch and award ceremony going; her first-hand knowledge of the world of warm white wine, canapés and party animals is unsurpassed. She is a freelance journalist who writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines including Elle, the Daily Mail, the Evening Standard, the Daily Express, The Sunday Times, Vogue, Tatler and The Times. She has written one highly acclaimed non-fiction book about Russia, THE TAMING OF THE EAGLES. MY CANAPE HELL is her first novel
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Format:Hardcover
Initially this book seemed a typical (frothy) example of the genre but it slowly developed into something much deeper and more engrossing. Credit to the author for allowing the distintigration of the central character - very painful and poignant at times. I think the fact that a particular love story isn't that central to the main storyline makes it even more successful. The reader just gets drawn into the whole mess of Abby's life and the men seem fairly secondary characters - more importance is given to her failing friendship with Wendy.
However I think the cover and bookleaf description don't really convey the spirit of the book - which I would certainly highly recommend.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Zara
Format:Paperback
I have to say I'm surprised by the bad reviews this book has received. Although the charcaters are not the most likeable, nor would I by any means describe this book as a lighthearted beach read, I found the book complelling reading. The author has her finger firmly on the pulse when accurately describing the champagne quaffing celeb scene in London where warm wine drinking and eating weird canapes on swizzle sticks while wondering where all the A-Listers have disappeared to, seems to be the order of the day. A tad depressing at times I did however find myself turning the pagers quickly to find out how the book would end and I put down the book when finished, glad that I am not a celebrity, and have no wish to be part of the pompous party scene where people try so desperately to get past the red rope, in order to be part of it all. A sharp, insightful if somewhat of a gloomy read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Ms. JL Power
Format:Paperback
The author manages to spoil the single plot point on the very first page, rendering the other 341 pages unbearable to sit through. I did, and I wish I hadn't. The proofreading is abysmal, the characters unlikely, and the story itself simply a cliched mess.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
My Canape Hell is...
I really enjoyed this book. I expected it to be oh-isn't-my-life-fabulous in a Pasty and Eddie type way but it really isn't. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2004 by bex
5.0 out of 5 stars
A refreshing chick-lit must
I LOVED THIS BOOK - lots of laughing out loud and I couldn't put it down. True there maybe the odd spelling mistake but who cares, girly reading for me is for light relief, not a... Read more
Published on 17 April 2003 by JLK
1.0 out of 5 stars
my canape hell by Imogen Edwards-Jones
Having enjoyed Shagpile, I was soooo disappointed with My Canapé Hell. Although described on the cover as "a spirited Satire on Celebrity Culture", it was enough to make me... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2003
2.0 out of 5 stars
All right but not a great read
I read great reviews of this and wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I have to say I was sorely disappointed. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2002
2.0 out of 5 stars
Readable. Enjoyable. Terrible spelling.
Surprisingly entertaining but let down by spelling and grammatical errors that a 4th former would be ashamed of. Read more
Published on 12 April 2001 by grabes@chickmail.com
4.0 out of 5 stars
Read this
I thought this book was a fantastic satire on celebrity culture and was packed full of the typical c-list celebrities which the magazines (and Night Fever) are full of. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2001
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good stuff
Imogen Edwards-Jones has a witty, elegant and very readable style which is more intelligent than most Chick Lit books. Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shocked by the amount of young people taking all those drugs
Having bought this book thinking it would give me a few cookery tips I was deeply shocked to read about all those glamorous young people drinking all that vodka & taking all... Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enormously refreshing
There are so many books in this genre but this is the one to make the other authors weep! In My Canape Hell Imogen Edwards-Jones takes the genre and subverts it from the inside. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brett Easton Ellis meets Hello! magazine
A truly memorable, truly funny, truly original book. Imogen Edwards-Jones writes with an amazing wit and insight into the fascinating world of celebrity. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2000
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