Diary of a C-List Celeb

At work, I’m currently working on rebuilding a directory of Light Entertainment into something that’s more useable and less admin-intensive. As such, I’m dealing with content that includes tribute bands, lookalikes, magicians and other acts that keep the smaller venues around the UK with someone to put on their stages.

As such, reading Diary of a C-List Celeb ought to be a bit of a busman’s holiday — but it’s a highly enjoyable one. The tale of a two-bit actor who dreams of leaving the Grimsby panto world behind for a life of celebrity — which, these days, involves breaking into television — Diary is the debut work of Paul Hendy, himself a minor TV celeb.

It’s an enjoyable romp, although it hardly breaks new ground. Basket Case by Douglas Chirnside and This is Your Life by John O’Farrell are two stand-outs among a highly variable crowd. It’s rare, though, to find a book that can place itself in a highly familiar environment with such a consistent wit that sustains until the end of the book, and this is where Hendy succeeds. You’ll guess every supposed ‘twist’ pretty early on, but you’ll hardly care.

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