Stark

Name: Stark
Author: Ben Elton

1989 novel by Ben Elton

Written workliterary workQ7601945

Author: Ben Elton
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-24
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Released: January 1, 1989
, 1989
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-29
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Publisher: Sphere Books
Language: English
Genre: comedy

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Stark is a 1989 novel by comedian Ben Elton. It was commercially and critically successful in the United Kingdom and Australia. It was Elton's first novel, and launched his writing career. Stark was reprinted 23 times in its first year, and ultimately sold well over a million copies, making Elton one of a small number of novelists to sell more than a million copies of their first book. The novel was adapted into Stark, a television miniseries.

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SStark1993 · British-Australian TV miniseries

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Country of origin: United Kingdom
Title: Stark
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-01
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Form of creative work: novel
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2026-03-06
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Has characteristic: debut novel

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