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.

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.


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