Synopsis
Life, it seems, couldn't be better for smooth TV presenter Johnny
Debonair. He's at the top of the pile: "Mr Saturday Night"
on prime time, with his recent memoir "Gentleman's Relish"
riding high in the bestsellers. Over lunch at La Mirabelle with his
editor Pip Hardback, he announces that next he'd like to write a
novel: the story of a young man, similar to himself in many ways,
until he becomes involved in a series of murders. 'It's a great idea,'
says Pip, licking his lips, 'a comedy thriller,' and a handsome
advance is handed over. The one thing Johnny, or JD as he prefers it,
fails to tell his editor is that this isn't fiction. The story JD is
about to unleash is the dark truth of his life that could never have
been revealed in his memoir. What follows is a hilarious tale of
murderous deception and of closets overrun with skeletons: an
unorthodox mother and a missing father, a past life as an upmarket
rentboy and then a mercy killing that inevitably leads to another
killing, and another and another. As JD swiftly climbs the celebrity
ladder, it is only a matter of time before his two lives collide with
seriously funny consequences. A fiendish satire of ambition and modern
celebrity success - E F Benson meets Jeffrey Dahmer - from one of our
most loved comedy icons.





