OverExposure

Hugo Rifkind

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9781841959429
• eBook ISBN:
  9780857862846
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

When a shadowy cat-burglar called Fingers starts stealing diamonds from London celebrities, Macaulay Lewis, a misfit news-hound, scents opportunity. If he can expose the thief, he might stand a chance of holding down his job with the paper. His ex-girlfriend mgiht fancy him again. He migh even get snapped by the odd celeb magazine himself. Fame glitters. But is it all really worth the cab ride home?

Expose yourself to the flashiest, edgiest comedy of modern life in recent years.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• ‘Mr and Mrs Nipple have popped out to say hello . . .’
• ‘Which cretin wrote that?’
• ‘My dad isn’t a knife-wielding psycho.’
• ‘You are going to paint me, right?’
• ‘You lost a thin one. I’m so sorry.’
• ‘You’re looking at it all wrong.’
• ‘And you like that, do you? Being flexible?’
• ‘Moreover . . .’
• ‘I just don’t think I like you very much.’
• ‘Tug MY diamonds.’
• ‘Cme bck NOW. we hav nEWS.’
• ‘You didn’t even check it.’
• ‘Are ye blind?’
• ‘That’s a little harsh . . .’
• ‘The dark and fetid reaches of pleasure . . .’
• ‘Fingers did it.’
• ‘Miriam and Mordechai, that’s us . . .’
• ‘It’s only a small toe.’
• ‘Is this a sex thing?’
• ‘Unrepeatable things about hamsters . . .’
• ‘Your thoroughly superfluous arse . . .’
• ‘Who the hell is Mark?’
• ‘That would be much better, dramatically.’
• ‘And I didn’t send one to you . . .’
• ‘Just describe the feet . . .’
• ‘I’m not talking about the thief.’
• ‘Take me somewhere sensational.’
• ‘Overexposure.’
• ‘I need buttons.’
• ‘A tough match for an eleven-year-old.’
• ‘An inquisition . . .’
• ‘Full medical back-up.’
• ‘Foul, but free.’
• ‘I just got sick of it.’
• ‘There was a card, just like before . . .’
• ‘Everything?’
• ‘What do you want?’
• ‘It was all bullshit. Media hype.’
• ‘You haven’t got a story. You can’t prove anything.’
• ‘You might as well get them out.’
• ‘Hello.’