Book description
One house. Ten contestants. Thirty cameras. Forty microphones.
Yet again the public gorges its voyeuristic appetite as another
group of unknown and unremarkable people submit themselves to the
brutal exposure of the televised real-life soap opera, House Arrest.
Everybody knows the rules: total strangers are forced to live
together while the rest of the country watches them do it. Who will
crack first? Who will have sex with whom? Who will the public love and
who will they hate? All the usual questions. And then, suddenly, there
are some new ones.
Who is the murderer? How did he or she manage to kill under the
constant gaze of the thirty television cameras? Why did they do it?
And who will be next?
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.
