Superstar Lovers

Employing her customary razor-like humour, Morag Prunty introduces a host of characters whose lives have been chewed up and spat out by the harsh, celebrity-obsessed world.

There's Molly, a lonely 20-something, who trudges to the newsagents every day for her fix of VIP, OK!, Hello - anything to give her life a much-needed injection of glamour. There's Alfie, burned-out boyband member who's kissed the good times goodbye and is now all washed up. There's Corinne, damaged former lover of Mal, Ireland's biggest-ever rock export. And then there's Helen, his long-suffering wife. In her inimitable way, Morag Prunty introduces a tableau of fascinating characters and gives them a sprinkle of magic dust in this witty dissection of the vagaries of fame and celebrity. Also by Morag Prunty: Poison Arrows