In 2012 an anti-celebrity backlash sweeps America in the form of the first coup d'etat in US history. A gang of 'looky- loos' storm the Academy Awards that year and murder a number of movie- stars. It leads to dozens of copycat riots all over the US culminating in the election of John Doe 'the Anonymous President'. He begins a ruthless 'self-effacement' programme via his death squad 'The Total Nobodies'. Into this mayhem walks a young Englishman, Harold Butler, who for the love of a good woman, begins his mission to save celebrities from the state, smuggling them out like a latter-day scarlet pimpernel. A thrilling adventure, a belly-clutching satire, a splendid two-fingered salute to American culture, STARMAGEDDON marks a triumphant debut for Toby Young, the novelist.
- ISBN10 0349118531
- ISBN13 9780349118536
- Publish Date 25 December 2019
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 8 December 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Abacus
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English