Despite the vulgar realistic approach he takes, it's a humorous analytical read. Compiled of his Guardian articles, spanning over a few years. Charlie Brooker is brutally honest, comical and painfully offensive.
I recommend this book, if you're interested in ridiculing the media in all it's populist ways. Below are a few excerpts. Alternatively, I recommend searching his series 'Newswipe' for a taste of what the Brooker is about. It has filled me with many 'should I laugh at this?' moments and laughs.
'Do you want to die alone? Of course not. But you will. Ha! In your face! Yes no matter how happily married you are or how huge your harem is, ultimately, at the precise moment of shutdown, no one else is shooting through that tunnel of light beside you.'
'we'll be fitted with brain-enchancing microchips, which means every morning you'll see the Microsoft Windows start-up screen in your head while you're brushing your teeth, and instead of whistling in the shower you'll download a ringtone and play it in full Dolby Digital 5.1 surroud sound through a ring of tiny speakers imbedded in your neck. And instead of having a poo, you'll select a folder marked Stomach Contents and drag it to the Excretion bin.'
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