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Do the memoirs of a pretend celebrity, Alan Partridge, bring the curtain down on what was once a blockbuster genre?

The stars are out in the window of Foyles flagship store on London's Charing Cross Road, with Joanna Lumley and Alan Partridge twinkling beneath the ribbons and wrapping paper in the Christmas display. Among the festive paper chains within, meanwhile, Miranda Hart, James Corden and Jane Lynch grin on the Film and Drama shelves, while Dannii Minogue and Sue Johnston lurk at the bottom of Actor Biography. But despite the unmistakable signs of Santa's coming on the shop floor, in his office behind the scenes at Foyles, Jonathan Ruppin can see the writing on the wall for celebrity autobiography.