A review by jobatkin
High Society by Ben Elton

4.0

An extremely graphic but sadly realistic take on the diverse problems relating to the prevalence of illicit drugs, on both high and low society. The story focuses on three main characters - MP Peter Paget, who is introducing a revolutionary members bill to legalise all drugs in an effort to better control and profit from them; Tommy Hanson, a pop sensation who makes no secret of his widespread and constant use of all kinds of drugs; and Jessie, an abused and homeless teenager who is forced into a life of prostitution and heroin addiction. These exaggerated but somehow relatable characters get up to some darkly funny adventures while trying to understand publicise, legalise, find and escape from drugs in a truly wild ride of a story.