Book description
Gridlock is when a city dies.
Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel.
Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice.
How did it come to this? How did the ultimate freedom machine end up
paralysing us all? How did we end up driving to our own funeral, in
somebody else's gravy train?
Deborah and Geoffrey know, but they have transport problems of their
own, and anyway, whoever it was that murdered the city can just as
easily murder them.
Ben Elton is one of Britain's most provocative and entertaining
writers. From celebrity to climate change, from the First World War to
the end of the world, his books give his unique perspective on some of
the most controversial topics of our time.
He has written twelve major bestsellers, including Stark,
Popcorn, Inconceivable (filmed as Maybe
Baby, which he also directed), Dead Famous, High
Society (WH Smith People's Choice Award 2003) and The First Casualty.
He has also written some of television's most popular and incisive
comedy, including The Young Ones, Blackadder and The
Man From Auntie. His stage work includes three West End plays
and the hit musicals The Beautiful Game and We Will Rock You.
He is married with three children.
