"Extremely clever, funny, well-written, sharp and unexpectedly moving...This brilliant, chaotic satire merits rereading several times." -- Nicholas Coleridge," Mail on Sunday"
"This is Elton at his best -- mature, humane, and still a laugh a minute. At least." -- "Daily Telegraph"
"A very funny book about a sensitive subject...Ben Elton the writer might be even funnier than Ben Elton the comic." -- "Daily Mail"
"A tender, beautifully balanced romantic comedy." -- "Spectator"
"Moving and thoroughly entertaining." -- "Daily Express"

BEN ELTON's career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past twenty years. In addition to his hugely influential work as a stand-up comic, he is the writer of such TV hits as The Young Ones, Blackadder and The Thin Blue Line. Most recently he has written the BBC series Blessed on the subject of young parenthood. Elton has written three musicals, The Beautiful Game, We Will Rock You and Tonight's the Night and three West End plays. His internationally bestselling novels include The First Casualty (out in Black Swan paperback in April 2006) Popcorn, Inconceivable, Dead Famous and High Society. He wrote and directed the successful film Maybe Baby based on his novel Inconceivable starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson.