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"Tom Webster is a dreary nobody; nice enough, but neither a head-turner nor a hell-raiser, until he's given the opportunity to become an uber-celebrity. The assignment: A major magazine gives Tom thirty days in which to make himself famous, using any, and they mean any, means necessary. The pay-off: fame, glory, and $100,000. When the assignment spins out of control, Tom takes a wild ride on the celebrity machine with a B-list film actress, who wants to be working on Shakespeare in the Park rather than her buxom physique, her slimy agent, his best friend (who happens to have stolen his wife), a boss desperate to capitalize on Tom's celebrity, and a fame-obsessed magazine editor who wants a finished article from Tom above all else. As his level of fame escalates, Tom becomes trapped in his own lies and the cult of celebrity - while everyone around him grabs their fifteen minutes. And then, just when everything seems perfect, Tom will make the decision of his life - turning the tables on the paparazzi, the hangers-on, and his scheming counterparts." (Book jacket)
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Dedication: For Paula and Joseph Krum
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Epigraph: I must have fame! Fame! (John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln's assassin)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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My Hero, Famous for Nothing
2000
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biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 January 2000; (p. 8) -
Putting a Skewer into the Cult of Celebrity
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 February 2000; (p. 11)
— Review of Walk of Fame 2000 single work novel -
Summer Blazers
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories 1999 selected work short story ; The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel ; A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Surfing Antarctica : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography ; Walk of Fame 2000 single work novel ; Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; Feeding the Demons 1999 single work novel ; Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary 1999 single work biography ; Pig's Blood and Other Fluids 1999 selected work novel ; Firehead 1999 single work novel 'Murray Waldren suggests some hot numbers for holiday reading.' (Note below title)
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Summer Blazers
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories 1999 selected work short story ; The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel ; A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Surfing Antarctica : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography ; Walk of Fame 2000 single work novel ; Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; Feeding the Demons 1999 single work novel ; Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary 1999 single work biography ; Pig's Blood and Other Fluids 1999 selected work novel ; Firehead 1999 single work novel 'Murray Waldren suggests some hot numbers for holiday reading.' (Note below title) -
Putting a Skewer into the Cult of Celebrity
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 February 2000; (p. 11)
— Review of Walk of Fame 2000 single work novel -
My Hero, Famous for Nothing
2000
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 January 2000; (p. 8)
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