The war on drugs has been lost but for want of the courage to face the fact that the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From pop stars and princes to crack whores and street kids. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime.

HIGH SOCIETY is a story or rather a collection of interconnected stories that takes the reader on a hilarious, heart breaking and terrifying journey through the kaleidoscope world that the law has created and from which the law offers no protection.

The searing new novel from the bestselling author of POPCORN, INCONCEIVABLE and DEAD FAMOUS

About the Author

Ben Elton's multi-award winning career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past thirty-five years. In addition to his hugely influential work as a stand-up comic, he was co-writer of TV hits The Young Ones and Blackadder and sole creator of The Thin Blue Line and Upstart Crow. He has written fifteen major bestsellers, including Stark, Popcorn, Inconceivable, Dead Famous, High Society, Two Brothers and Time and Time Again, three West End plays and three musicals, including global phenomenon We Will Rock You. He has written and directed two feature films, Maybe Baby and Three Summers.

He is married and has three children.

Reviews
A fix of high comedy from a writer who provokes almost as much as he entertains * Daily Mail *
As I raced to the end, I found myself applauding Elton. This is a tough subject tackled with courage and commitment -- Will Hutton * Observer *
Packed with Elton's trademark sharp wit and biting social commentary.. colourful and thought-provoking * Waterstone's Books Quarterly *


Awards
Winner of WH Smith Book Awards (Fiction) 2003 and WH Smith People's Choice Book Awards: Fiction 2003.



Book Information
ISBN 9780552999953
Author Ben Elton
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Black Swan
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Weight(grams) 262g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 23mm