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Model Actress Whatever

Name: Model Actress Whatever
Brand: Simon & Schuster NZ
SKU: 9781803366678
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By Kim Newman

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Back in the 1970s, the Beatles didn’t split up and instead recorded a hallucinodelic album – Never Mind (strictly, Never Mind the Beatles) – which literally changed the world by imbuing many of those who heard it with super powers. Fast forward 50 years and Chrissie... Read More

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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.

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Back in the 1970s, the Beatles didn’t split up and instead recorded a hallucinodelic album – Never Mind (strictly, Never Mind the Beatles) – which literally changed the world by imbuing many of those who heard it with super powers.

Fast forward 50 years and Chrissie Chambers (model actress whatever) discovers her soap opera character is about to be killed off, so she finally stops dieting and discovers hitherto untapped supernatural abilities. Meanwhile, Chrissie’s aunt Jasmine – former national heroine Lady Shade – goes missing. Afraid for her aunt’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?

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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781803366678

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Titan Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 55.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 255g

Pages: 560

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About the Author

Kim Newman is an award-winning writer, critic, journalist and broadcaster who lives in London. He is a contributing editor to the UK film magazine Empire, and writes its popular monthly segment, ‘The Cult of Kim Newman’. He also writes for assorted publications including Sight & Sound, The Dark Side and The Guardian. He makes frequent appearances on radio and TV, and is the chief writer of the BBC TV series Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema.

He has won many awards, including the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, Prix Ozone, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and James Herbert Awards. Kim also writes non-fiction books focused on popular culture, film, and television, including a comprehensive overview of the horror film industry, Nightmare Movies (Bloomsbury).

You can keep up to date with Kim’s events and writing via his website johnnyalucard.com. Find him on most social media platforms.