In his new book Celebrity Chekhov, Ben Greenman adapts twenty stories by Anton Chekhov in a satirical send-up of our celebrity-obsessed culture. But whereas the Russian writer featured low-salaried government clerks, choristers, and angsty noblemen in his menageries of human fallacy, Greenman’s hilariously spot-on high-brow/low-brow vision also stars Kim Kardashian, Simon Cowell, Bono, and Paris Hilton in a testament to the stories enduring themes of disillusionment and social breakdown. Test your literary (and tabloid) IQ by trying to match Chekhov’s characters with their closest celebrity counterparts.



