Ben Elton

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.
 
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 Popcorn, Inconceivable, Dead Famous and High Society.

If you like Ben Elton you might also like to read books by David Nobbs, Rupert Morgan and Stephen Fry

Meltdown Ben Elton The comedian and satirist turns his attention to the credit crunch with this tale of a privileged futures trader who becomes bankrupt and the effect on his family and friends. It’s light and amusing but speaks to the heart of... Format: Paperback - Released: 08/07/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Meltdown Ben Elton Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 19 November 2009. Always topical, Ben Elton centres his new book around the credit crunch. Following his characters from their days at university, through the highs of their careers and domestic lives... Format: Hardback - Released: 05/11/2009 Lovereading Price: £14.24 - Saving £4.75 (25%)

Blind Faith Ben Elton This feels more like the Ben Elton from the days of Gridlock and Stark so if you are a fan you’ll know that this is going to give you a bit more to get your teeth into than perhaps... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/05/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Chart Throb Ben Elton Back to his modern satires, for his last novel The First Casualty was historical, very special and unusual. With this one he returns to the familiar social territory of Dead Famous and Past Mortem. It centres around the TV... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2007 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

The First Casualty Ben Elton “The first casualty when war comes is truth” so why send a conscientious objector detective out to the mud and horror of Ypres in 1917 to investigate a murder when sanctioned slaughter is all around you? An impossible, ridiculous situation... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2005 Lovereading Price: £13.49 - Saving £4.50 (25%)

Past Mortem Ben Elton The king of social satire with a tale of gruesome murders linked to the new craze of retracing one’s past through the web – Friends Reunited. He writes beautifully, a very clever man. You must try him. Comparison: Stephen... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2005 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)