Polite, pensive, mature, reserved ...Charlie Brooker is none of
these things and less. Picking up where his hilarious Screen
Burn left off, Dawn of the Dumb collects the best of
Charlie Brooker's recent TV writing, together with uproarious
spleen-venting diatribes on a range of non-televisual subjects -
tackling everything from David Cameron to human hair.
Rude, unhinged, outrageous, and above all funny, Dawn of the
Dumb is essential reading for anyone with a brain and a spinal
cord. And hands for turning the pages.
Charlie Brooker is a writer and broadcaster. He created the
satirical website TV Go Home in 1999, which in turn spawned
Channel 4's Nathan Barley (co-written with Chris Morris). Prior
to joining the Guardian in the year 2000, Brooker worked as a
cartoonist and videogames 'journalist'. He currently writes and
presents Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe on BBC Four.