I wrote: "And I don't think the paparazzi sections were > parodies at all." Well, maybe where he starts making stuff up is a parody, given the extent to which he was making things up, and people really can't get enough of it. Most people can't tell you a Zarqawi from a zebra but they'll tell you all about J.Lo's exploits. Is there an irony in this? The rich have fun fun fun and often wind up empty, while the non-rich fill their void by watching and envying the rich their fun fun fun. Both are pretty equally miserable. That's the direction in which I thought Waugh seemed to be going. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html