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Wow! (Paperback)

by Claudia Pattison (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Books (7 Sep 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330487949
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330487948
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 822,496 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Ruby Lake is senior writer at Wow!, Britain's bestselling celebrity weekly. It's her ideal job--the money's good, she gets to wear a big hat at showbiz weddings and enjoy intimate tête-à-têtes with the rich and famous; except she doesn't "enjoy" them anymore. Lunch with Posh and Becks is getting tedious and she's fed up with tetchy, talentless celebrities, with pumped up bodyguards and browbeaten PAs. Plus she absolutely hates their small fluffy dogs. On top of this, the emptiness of her private life is beginning to gnaw. She's single--in fact she's known as the Ice Princess by her friends. Although she's had her fair share of boyfriends, she's not into relationships and is usually "tearing her hair out at the end of a weekend break in the Lake District. That is until she meets Sam, a gardener who looks like he might be Mr Right.

Now before you write Wow! off as yet another Bridget Jones wannabe, there 's a twist. Ruby's got a stalker--a secret admirer who's seriously obsessed with her and is about to close in on his prey. The knowledge that he's out there, watching and waiting as Ruby trips from one celebrity do to another, gives this debut novel an assured chill, a tension that cuts through the otherwise glossy, albeit fabulously bitchy, showbiz world of Wow!. --Jane Honey

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A wickedly funny must-read for fans of OK! and Hello! magazines: this novel has serious attitude in large doses! Step inside this beautiful, lovely, gorgeous debut novel by Claudia Pattison and follow the amazing adventures of her gutsy heroine, Ruby Lake - journalist to the stars and staff writer for Britain's bestselling celebrity magazine, Wow! Discover what happens when a movie legend marries an international supermodel; when a gameshow host's 'at home' doesn't quite go as planned; when a world famous diva has a close encounter of the canine kind; and when a stalker decides he's found the woman of his dreams. Enter, if you dare, the world of celebrity gossip - it's a world of staggering bitchiness, breathtaking vanity, crushed velvet suits and small fluffy dogs. Mediocrity has never been so celebrated, so take the plunge and dive into this deliciously sharp satire on the highs and horrors of celebrity journalism that only an insider could recreate...

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great entertainment with a sinister twist, 24 Sep 2001
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Okay, I admit it, I am interested in the lives of the rich and famous. I don't buy Hello! and OK! every week, but I'm not averse to flicking through such magazines at the doctor's, dentist and hairdresser's.

So if you are anything like me you will love this book. Not only does it give an insider's view in to celebrity's lives, but also in to what it's like to be that insider. This insight is at times laugh out loud funny. How many books can do that?

Ruby Lake, the lead character is a writer for Wow! magazine and is surely based on the author Claudia Pattison who was a staff writer at OK! for 4 years. Celebrity weddings, footballer's "at homes" and fabulous foreign holidays are all covered in the tale.

But this isn't even the best thing about this book, there's a twist in the tale: Ruby is being stalked. The stalker is a clever and sophisticated fellow who's tacticts, quite frankly made me shiver. I found myself caring about Ruby's well being, a sure sign of a good book.

Ruby also gets to fall in love and we move with her as her life goes from enjoying all the trappings that a glamorous London lifestyle brings, but not being 100% happy, to... well I won't spoil it. Buy it, read it, enjoy it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, 7 Nov 2004
I loved it, I first read Claudia Pattison's Fame Game and loved it and took me a quite sometime to find this book. WOW is amazing, it's intriguing it's the kind of book you just can't put down until you get to the end and when it happens you're just so sad it's over.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Don't let the cover put you off - worth the read, 9 April 2002
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I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I won't explain how I came to possess Wow!, but the cover led me to expect over-the-top satire. True, the book is rich with satire, but it's clever and witty - not played strictly for gags. Pattison does an admirable job keeping the various elements of the story in balance - satire, gentle humor, romance, and just a little suspense & fear (the stalker). It only took me a day or so to get through this, but I'm glad I didn't let the cover hype set me off of the book. For those of you who need a comparison, it's not the crazed satire of Morag Prunty's "Dancing with Mules", but it's not the "humor-of-the-tragedy-of-life" that you get with Marian Keyes. I'm looking forward to future efforts from Pattison.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Harmless fun
I was a bit sceptical regarding this book, set around a 'glamourous' celebrity glossy magazine. I don't really like that type of mag, but was very impressed with the... Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2004 by Essex Girl

4.0 out of 5 stars Clever, cheeky, unputdownable
The best thing about this book is the way Claudia Pattison manages to keep two gripping storylines running at the same time - the funny, frothy celebrity magazine stuff,... Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2004 by helen anders

4.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant read
This is an excellent book. The author offers a refreshing and light-hearted take on the world of celebrity with tons of dry humour thrown in. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2004 by Suzanne

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written and very funny
This book does exactly what it says on the cover and delivers a lively, witty, fast-paced read which kept me guessing to the end. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2003 by Amy

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like reading celebrity gossip mags then this is 4 you
This book delves into the world of a fictional celebrity gossip magazine, much like HELLO and OK magazines. Read more
Published on 17 May 2003 by T. Kelly

1.0 out of 5 stars painful
I came across this book recently on holiday and was just astonished it ever came to print - it is so lame! Read more
Published on 21 April 2003 by sam watson

2.0 out of 5 stars Indulge yourself
Okay, let's be honest. If you've picked up this book you already know something of what you're getting, and with a title like this one you know it's not going to be a great work... Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars Good fun
If you ever read anything by Isabell Wolf, such as "the trials of Tiffany Trott" or really like Sophie Kinsella' "Shopaholic abroad" and "Diary of a... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2002 by Gaelle-Marie Petit

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll be up all night!
My best friend gave me this book for my birthday and I stayed up half the night to finish reading it. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical, light, fast, read
I enjoyed this a lot. If you ever read Hello or OK! I expect you would too. The inside gossip is outrageous. It made a long flight speed past.
Published on 24 Sep 2001

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