Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys
“Self’s satires combine humanity with ingenuity, manifesting a Swiftian obsession with scale, a Kafkaesque fixation with blind alleys and the narrative legerdemain of Jorge…
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The Sweet Smell of Psychosis
“Brilliant, iconoclastic . . . one of Britain’s most original young writers.” –Time…
keep readingShark
Following the Booker-shortlisted Umbrella, Shark is a mind-bending novel of the intersection of pathology and war, set in the 1970s but pivoting around the…
keep readingThe Quantity Theory of Insanity
Will Self’s astounding collection of stories, sure to appeal to fans of his Man Booker Prize shortlisted Umbrella.
keep readingMy Idea of Fun
“For intelligence and ambition . . . inventive comedy, heartbreak and levity . . . Will Self belongs in the company of Nabokov, Pynchon,…
keep readingJunk Mail
“As a travel writer’self is out to reinvent the form… Enjoy yourself.” –Mark Costello, The New York Times Book Review
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“How the Dead Live overflows with rhetorical ecstasy–arabesques of assonance and alliteration, puns peppering every paragraph, chiasmus turning clause after clause back on themselves…
keep readingGrey Area
“If Magritte had been a writer instead of a painter, his work might have looked something like the nine stories in Grey Area. ….
keep readingGreat Apes
“A high-powered satirical weapon . . . with Great Apes, his most satisfying book so far, Will Self establishes himself as an alpha male…
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“The most significant way in which Self’s book differs from its predecessor is in its very freedom and frankness. . . . There’s no denying Self’s novel’s cleverness, best displayed in its neatly postmodern ending.” —Sophie Harrison, The New York Times Book Review…
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