QuickFame by Jason Fabbri Paperback Book 9780646867649

If you liked quotDaisy Jones and the Sixquot or quotAlmost Famousquot youll love QuickFameampnbspFelicia Scalding is a stillrecognizable 1990s expopstar who is in a state of mental and financial desperation Hard working street smart and intelligent but flawed Gripped by a gambling addiction and keen to rediscover the limelight after becoming the subject of a viral dance meme she accepts a chance offer to resurrect her fame ampamp fortune as a judge on TV talent show QuickFameQuickFame tracks her desperate to rebuild her life and career lost through betrayal and addiction by secretly directing a manufactured boyband through the competitionBeing on the TV talent show reveals ambitions and secrets of each of the members of the boy band Five led by genderqueer heartthrob Layton Coy as well as memorable QuickFame contestants and their entourages In a piggybacking of fortunes others begin to hitch their stars to Felicia while she in turn parasitically attaches herself to the seemly misdirected but talented boyband This ensembles fortunes are intertwined for career and coin in the pursuit of their own fifteen minutes of fame