I Can Make You Hate

This is a collection of articles Charlie Brooker wrote for the Guardian newspaper, including the last of his “Screen Burn” columns, and some scripts from his “10 O'Clock Show” and various “Wipe” shows from August 2009 to July 2012.

The first half of the book is unrelenting hilarity from one column to the next. The style occasionally gets a bit predictable but the metaphors are often superb. He is ageing and his audience don't necessarily like that, but I don't mind a little mellowing. There are so many moments in the first half of the book I found myself laughing, they are too many to list.

But then halfway through the book, Brooker does something unexpected: he announces the end of “Screen Burn. This book has a dazzling array of funny and intelligent articles, and holds a mirror up to some of the darker aspects of mainstream journalism and modern life.The scattergun approach of a collection of columns means that he's got to cover a lot more ground than most authors. Abrasive, sardonic and absolutely hilarious.