What if there is only a limited amount of sanity in the world and the real reason people go mad is because somebody has to? What if a mysterious tribe in the Amazon rainforest turn out to be the most boring people on the earth? What if the afterlife is nothing more than a London suburb, where the dead get new flats, new jobs, and their own telephone directory? These are the sort of truths that emerge in this collection of stories by one of England's most gifted writers. In The Quantity Theory of Insanity, Will Self tips over the banal surfaces of everyday existence to...
What if there is only a limited amount of sanity in the world and the real reason people go mad is because somebody has to? What if a mysteriou...
In this brief and humorous satire, a man trapped in the bosom of the most venal media clique in London is losing his heart to a magazine columnist, about to lose his job at a magazine, losing his mind to cocaine, and losing his soul to a newspaper columnist, the kingpin of media scandal.
In this brief and humorous satire, a man trapped in the bosom of the most venal media clique in London is losing his heart to a magazine columnist, ab...
From the author of Great Apes and Grey Area comes a new selection of offbeat short fiction that satirizes the follies and foibles of men and women, in such works as Flytopia, A Story for Europe, Caring, Sharing, and The Rock of Crack as Big as the Ritz.
From the author of Great Apes and Grey Area comes a new selection of offbeat short fiction that satirizes the follies and foibles of men and women, in...
"Cock: A Novelette" is the story of a woman who grows a fully functional penis. "Bull: A Farce" is the story of a man who acquires a vagina and all its companion parts. There are, however, complications. Cock & Bull, the book that introduced an enfant terrible of English letters to an American audience, has quickly become a classic of blistering satire.
"Cock: A Novelette" is the story of a woman who grows a fully functional penis. "Bull: A Farce" is the story of a man who acquires a vagina and all it...
Will Self has established himself as one of the most brilliant, daring, and inventive writers of his generation. "My Idea of Fun" is Will Self s highly acclaimed first novel. The story of a devilishly clever international financier/marketing wizard and his young apprentice, "My Idea of Fun" is both a frighteningly dark subterranean exploration of capitalism run rampant and a wickedly sharp, technically acute display of linguistic pyrotechnics that glows with pure white-hot brilliance. Ian Wharton is a very ordinary young man until he is taken under the wing of a gentleman known variously as...
Will Self has established himself as one of the most brilliant, daring, and inventive writers of his generation. "My Idea of Fun" is Will Self s highl...
A collection of nine stories includes Between the Conceits, about the eight individuals who control all London, and Inclusion, about the inexorable side effects of a revolutionary new antidepressant made from Amazonian bee excrement.
A collection of nine stories includes Between the Conceits, about the eight individuals who control all London, and Inclusion, about the inexorable si...
"A sulphurous mixture of ferocious violence and high-fl own philosophy."-"Prospect"
The third novel in the acclaimed Factory crime series sees Derek Raymond's nameless detective leave London for a remote village, where he's meant to be investigating the disappearance of a local doctor's wife.
A fitting successor to classic noir writers such as Jim Thompson and David Goodis, with an introduction by Will Self. High-profile fans include Ian Rankin and James Sallis.
Robin Cook was born in 1931. He reinvented himself as Derek Raymond and died in London in 1994.
"A sulphurous mixture of ferocious violence and high-fl own philosophy."-"Prospect"
The third novel in the acclaimed Factory crime series sees De...
This collection of Will Self's journalism and selected writings takes the reader through the turbulent years 1995-2000, covering everything from his restaurant reviews to Tate Modern and the contemporary British art scene, and cultural phenomena as diverse as voyeuristic television and the Queen Mother.
This collection of Will Self's journalism and selected writings takes the reader through the turbulent years 1995-2000, covering everything from his r...
What is there is only a limited amount of sanity in the world and the real reason people go mad is because "somebody" has to? What if a mysterious tribe in the Amazon rainforest turn out to be the most boring people on earth? What if the afterlife is nothing more than a London suburb, where the dead get new flats, new jobs, and their own telephone directory? These are the sort of truths that emerge in this collection of stories by one of England's most gifted writers. In "The Quantity Theory of Insanity," Will Self tips over the banal surfaces of everyday existence to uncover the hideous,...
What is there is only a limited amount of sanity in the world and the real reason people go mad is because "somebody" has to? What if a mysterious tri...
