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Hello and welcome back to Control or Delete. My guest today is the wonderful author,

Louis O'Neill. Today we're discussing her brilliant new book, Idol, a riveting,

darkly delicious story that interrogates our relationship with the internet and our internet heroes,

asking how well we can ever really know someone online, and the gurus that we look up to,

and their carefully curated profiles. To give you an idea of the book's blurb before

you listen to this episode where we talk a little bit about the book, but don't worry,

no spoilers. Here is a little bit about it. The book is about an influencer called Samantha Miller,

and to her young fans, she's an oracle, telling them how to live their lives, how to be happy,

how to find and honor their truth, and her career is booming. She hits three million followers.

One of her books has gone straight to the best seller chart, and she's appearing at sell-out events.

Determine to speak her truth to her touring fan base, she writes an essay about her sexual awakening

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