Notes on Fame

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
Cover of the book Notes on Fame by Tom Payne, Picador
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Tom Payne ISBN: 9781429991728
Publisher: Picador Publication: January 18, 2011
Imprint: Picador Language: English
Author: Tom Payne
ISBN: 9781429991728
Publisher: Picador
Publication: January 18, 2011
Imprint: Picador
Language: English

A free preview collection of essays from Tom Payne, author of FAME

We may regard celebrities as deities, but that does not mean we worship them with deference. From prehistory to the present, humanity has possessed a primal urge first to exalt the famous but then to cut them down (Michael Jackson, anyone?). Why do we treat the ones we love like burnt offerings in a ritual of human sacrifice? Perhaps because that is exactly what they are.

In this collection of essays, Tom Payne -- of the website Popcropolis and the "trenchant, unsettling, and darkly hilarious" Fame (New York Times Book Review) -- draws the narratives of the past and the immediate present into one intriguing story.

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT FROM FAME!

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A free preview collection of essays from Tom Payne, author of FAME

We may regard celebrities as deities, but that does not mean we worship them with deference. From prehistory to the present, humanity has possessed a primal urge first to exalt the famous but then to cut them down (Michael Jackson, anyone?). Why do we treat the ones we love like burnt offerings in a ritual of human sacrifice? Perhaps because that is exactly what they are.

In this collection of essays, Tom Payne -- of the website Popcropolis and the "trenchant, unsettling, and darkly hilarious" Fame (New York Times Book Review) -- draws the narratives of the past and the immediate present into one intriguing story.

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT FROM FAME!

More books from Picador

Cover of the book The Trip to Echo Spring by Tom Payne
Cover of the book The Forger by Tom Payne
Cover of the book So Far Back by Tom Payne
Cover of the book Housegirl by Tom Payne
Cover of the book We Can't Breathe by Tom Payne
Cover of the book Hotel Iris by Tom Payne
Cover of the book The American by Tom Payne
Cover of the book Honeymoon in Purdah by Tom Payne
Cover of the book Babylon Berlin by Tom Payne
Cover of the book No One Can Pronounce My Name by Tom Payne
Cover of the book Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer by Tom Payne
Cover of the book Eleven Kinds of Loneliness by Tom Payne
Cover of the book Violence by Tom Payne
Cover of the book The River Beyond the World by Tom Payne
Cover of the book The Tattooed Soldier by Tom Payne
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy