Customer Reviews:
 Pop Babylon August 18, 2008
What a great book. Imogen has not let me down. I have read all the other Babylon books and this is my 2nd best, after Beach. Written in very much the same way as her other books, really believable and leaving you wondering how much really does go on behind closed doors.
IMOGEN, WE WANT MORE. Fingers crossed, she is in the midst of writing her next Babylon edition.
Marcus - Brighton
 Drugs, sex and rock and roll July 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book follows a failing indie manager last hope of trying to get back in the game, he tries to make it into the pop world by making a boy band! It's based over a 12 month period starting from the auditions to the Christmas number one against Simon Cowell (who's not liked in the industry). There are plenty of scandals, gossip, sex, drugs and rock and roll.
I have just finished this book and read the rest of the Babylon books and I found this one more of `I remember....' `Did you know...?' Its pure gossip with a fictional boy band second.
This book is great if you love x-factor, gossip, and is a great insight in to the industry of music.
Bloody funny unless you're Simon Cowell July 2, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've now read all of the Babylon books and this one is definitely my favourite after Beach, Hotel, Fashion and Air. She has once again managed to create a hilariously funny fictional world, this time it's a wannabe boy-band and their awful management team, that seamlessly intertwines with the real world of modern Pop muisc and all it's heroes and villans (simon cowell especially!.) If you're a fan of TV shows like the X Factor and have wondered how these manufactured bands are really put together then it's essential reading. And if you just want to read something that's really really funny, I couldn't recommend it more. Definitely one for reading whilst sitting by the pool this summer and equally great at spilling lots and lots of juicy secrets just like the original Hotel Babylon.
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