Faith Bleasdale: Peep Show [2004]

Tanya, a wannabe producer with big dreams; Harvey, an LA film guru with a big idea; four slightly odd flatmates in a big house; and the little secret that's about to turn all their lives upside down ...Harvey arrives in London and meets Tanya, who is desperately searching for her first big thing. Ambition meets avarice and somehow a film is born, starring Tanya and her unsuspecting housemates. Three boys and two girls are thrown together with their many, various hang-ups still fully intact, as the ultimate peep show begins. But action is slow and Tanya is desperate ...so she decides to turn their lives into one hell of a performance. And you just can't help but watch. Faith Bleasdale's third novel is a sharp, clever, often hilarious look at society's current obsession with watching other people's lives in the name of entertainment.