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Pop Babylon is a true guilty pleasure, leaving readers both appalled and longing for more.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
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Evening Standard, July 14, 2008.
A Babylonian expose of the excesses of the music industry should be required reading for all X Factor wannabes
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've now read all of the Babylon books and this one is definitely my favourite after Beach, Hotel, Fashion and Air. She has once again managed to create a hilariously funny fictional world, this time it's a wannabe boy-band and their awful management team, that seamlessly intertwines with the real world of modern Pop muisc and all it's heroes and villans (simon cowell especially!.) If you're a fan of TV shows like the X Factor and have wondered how these manufactured bands are really put together then it's essential reading. And if you just want to read something that's really really funny, I couldn't recommend it more. Definitely one for reading whilst sitting by the pool this summer and equally great at spilling lots and lots of juicy secrets just like the original Hotel Babylon.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book follows a failing indie manager last hope of trying to get back in the game, he tries to make it into the pop world by making a boy band! It's based over a 12 month period starting from the auditions to the Christmas number one against Simon Cowell (who's not liked in the industry). There are plenty of scandals, gossip, sex, drugs and rock and roll.
I have just finished this book and read the rest of the Babylon books and I found this one more of `I remember....' `Did you know...?' Its pure gossip with a fictional boy band second.
This book is great if you love x-factor, gossip, and is a great insight in to the industry of music.
I have just finished this book and read the rest of the Babylon books and I found this one more of `I remember....' `Did you know...?' Its pure gossip with a fictional boy band second.
This book is great if you love x-factor, gossip, and is a great insight in to the industry of music.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Yeah I admit it - Imogen Edwards-Jones's 'Babylon' series are a guilty pleasure of mine. And why not? They're well-written witty and fun with more than a liberal sprinkling of truth from the mysterious 'anonymous' - the author's various industry moles.
This particular book tells the story of a music manager who decides to go for broke and audition, shape, manage and ultimately manufacture a boy band. There's loads of insider gossip - I especially liked the bit about the optimum number of boys a group should have which is five because one's bound to leave and you can fit the rest of the band in one taxi, also the fact that two of the mikes are usually 'dead' to compensate for the more physical members of the group and their lack of vocal expertise! All in all, it's a brilliant read for those of us who love a bit of gossip and scandal and let's face it, isn't that most of us?
This particular book tells the story of a music manager who decides to go for broke and audition, shape, manage and ultimately manufacture a boy band. There's loads of insider gossip - I especially liked the bit about the optimum number of boys a group should have which is five because one's bound to leave and you can fit the rest of the band in one taxi, also the fact that two of the mikes are usually 'dead' to compensate for the more physical members of the group and their lack of vocal expertise! All in all, it's a brilliant read for those of us who love a bit of gossip and scandal and let's face it, isn't that most of us?
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Not as good as other Babylons
Don't know if it's because this is my fifth Babylon, I thought everything was rather expected. It's a good light-hearted read but other Babylons are better and funnier.
Published 9 months ago by Ivy
Interesting Insight but still Babylon Pap
I have read some of the other Babylon series and find them at times to be a modern day version of the carry-on films.I enjoyed this book more than some of its counterparts. Read more
Published 21 months ago by pbrennan
Very entertaining
This book had me glued to it until I'd finished it. It's filled with interesting tit bits about the pop world - things we've always suspected or wondered but never really knew... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by R. Allison
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Good holiday read, the author describes what it is like in the world of pop and how difficult it can be to make the charts around Christmas time now that Pop... Read more
Good holiday read, the author describes what it is like in the world of pop and how difficult it can be to make the charts around Christmas time now that Pop... Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2009 by Catherine Nixon
Fantastic! Buy it. It will not dissapoint!
A great insight into the world of pop! Some very funny laugh outloud moments! Got some funny looks on the train with this one!! Buy it!!
Published on 22 July 2009 by Jamie Mcclelland
Pop Babylon
What a great book. Imogen has not let me down. I have read all the other Babylon books and this is my 2nd best, after Beach. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2008 by M. Townsend
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