Ghosting

by John Preston | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 055299667x Global Overview for this book
Registered by nice-cup-of-tea of Zürich, Zürich Switzerland on 9/12/2010
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Product Description
Set in the fledgling world of radio and TV in the 1950s, this is the story of Dickie Chambers and his battle to keep his dark past hidden when a chance event propels him to unexpected stardom.
From the Back Cover
Dickie Chamber's one asset, it seems, is a smooth and seductive voice. His career, at first distinguished only by its indistinction - as a stagehand at a provincial theatre, then a filing clerk at the BBC - is unexpectedly propelled into orbit when the usual late-night radio announcer swallows a locust. Dickie steps into the breach and knows for the first time the meaning of success.
From gentle midnight intonations to TV quiz show presenter and so-called 'personality', Dickie's rise through the fledgling media world of the 1950s is meteoric, his indistinction the perfect vehicle for the requisite BBC accent and brilliantined charm. But as his success grows, so does the likelihood that dark spectres from his past will reveal themselves...

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