MODEL ACTRESS WHATEVER

From the acclaimed critic and award-winning author of Anno Dracula comes a bitingly satirical story of superheroism, soap opera and alternative reality -- for readers of Austin Grossman´s Soon I Will Be Invincible and George R.R. Martin´s Wild Cards.When Chrissie Chambers (model actress whatever) discovers her soap opera character is about to be killed off, she finally stops dieting and discovers hitherto untapped supernatural abilities. Meanwhile, Chrissie´s aunt - former national heroine Lady Shade - goes missing. Afraid for Jasmine´s safety and itching to costume-up, Chrissie and her ghost-possessed best friend Loulee break into Devil´s Dyke, the asylum where Jasmine works as a therapist with the most dangerous cutthroats (supervillains) in Britain ; only to find the inmates have taken over ;...; Chrissie debuts successfully as a cloak (superheroine), but who will become the arch-nemesis of Lady Shade II?In Chrissie´s timeline, the Beatles didn´t split up and recorded a hallucinodelic album in 1972 ; Never Mind (strictly, Never Mind the Beatles) ; which literally changed the world. Set in an alternative 2020s London, this hugely entertaining, darkly humorous superhero tale is packed with Newman´s trademark wit, and comes with wickedly sharp edges.