Cause Celeb

...[a] deft mix of important subject matter and social satire. -- Atlanta Journal Constitution...[a] provocative comic novel...Cause Celeb is so funny, so involving and so honest... -- Milwaukeee Journal Sentinal...a deeply satisfying story. Fielding writes about Africa without sentimentalizing it, with pointed humor - and tenderness. -- Providence Journal...a deft, subtle, admirable, pleasurable book. -- Atlantic Monthly...a modern version of King Lear's Fool; she jokes incessantly but tells the truth and there's a bittersweet power to her comedy.... -- The London Observer...a terrific, witty story...[a] sophisticated and thoughtful novel... -- USA Today...an engaging splash of satire and a solid dose of effective drama. -- Miami Herald...showcas[es] Fielding's real talent for finding humor in even the most tragic of circumstances. -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...the laughs in this novel come from its vivid, cleverly drawn cast of characters... -- PeopleA lusciously well-written satire-witty, wise and very funny. -- Douglas AdamsFiedling's début novel is an entertaining, incisive and wryly amusing look at the relationship between celebrities and charity, interspersed with clever observations on the vagaries of love. -- The Sunday Times, Mariella FrostrupFielding infuses this commentary on celebrity and charity...with the same dry wit that made her Bridget books so enjoyable. -- Houston ChronicleFielding writes like a modern version of King Lear's Fool; she jokes incessantly but tells the truth and there's a bitter-sweet power to her comedy of manners set in media-infested London and starving Africa. -- The ObserverIncisive and sharp with smart prose and acerbic wit...Cause Celeb is fun, moving and best of all, dead-on. -- Baltimore Sun, January 28, 2001Juxtaposing the haves of London with the have-nots of Africa without pontification or pathos is one of the things Helen Fielding pulls off so dextrously in this début novel. That she achieves this with both wit and seriousness gets you squinting hard to catch the sleight of hand. -- Independent on Sunday, Maggie Traugott[Fielding] analyzes London party life with the piercing eye of an anthropologist...the African scenes are reminiscent of [Joseph] Conrad. -- Boston Globe--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.