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← Back to all issuesGranta 79: Celebrity
Autumn 2002
An issue devoted to the dubious rewards and strange effects of fame which successfully avoids mentioning Andy Warhol. With contributions from Andrew O’Hagan, Jason Cowley, Geoff Dyer and Zoë Heller.
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You, the Viewers at Home
Andrew O’Hagan
‘Every time I drink a glass of claret it goes straight to my face.’
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Jubilee Girl
Fintan O’Toole
‘Those who control the image of the monarchy did not then know the power of indifference.’
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Hotel Oblivion
Geoff Dyer
‘The mushrooms made an unexpected comeback and all the accumulated confusion of the day burst in upon us and left us stranded in an alien city’.
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What Sheba Did Wrong
Zoë Heller
‘Women observing other women tend to be engrossed by the details—the bodily minutiae, the clothing particulars.’
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The Rollercoaster Champion of The World
Andrew Martin
‘As he spoke, I thought how much Richard himself looked like a flyer: at forty-three he is symmetrical and compact, like Scott Tracy, the handsomest of those idealized pilots in Thunderbirds.’
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The Search for Dr Bloch
Jason Cowley
‘How did it feel to have a Jewish grandfather who owed his life to the friendship, or gratitude, or mercy, of Adolf Hitler?’
