Lauren Beukes

The Problem With Talitha

The Problem With Talitha by Lauren Beukes

BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Problem With Talitha by Lauren Beukes

Lauren Beukes' celebrity-obsessed dystopia where fans can channel a star's every desire.

A South African reality TV star is a weapon of mass-distraction, but then she develops a social conscience. Read by Chipo Chung.

Sex as an opiate for the masses is taken to a whole new level in Lauren Beukes' celebrity-obsessed dystopia.

Every second of a star's life is filmed and recorded for consumers to plug into and experience at first-hand. 

Talitha Calix, a South African reality TV star, has become a worldwide phenomenon, people are riveted by the soap opera that is her love life. 

When a hacker group of obsessive fans decide to bring the network down and give Talitha an hour of privacy, a whole new world of possibilities opens up to her.

But will she be allowed to walk away from the limelight?

Lauren Beukes's short story read by Chipo Chung.  

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.

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