The Quantity Theory of Insanity
 Gimmicky, heartless surrealism.: Will Self is perhaps the most cruel, heartless writer of contemporary British fiction today. He has an immense encyclopedic intellect, but cares little for his characters, subjecting them to merciless metaphorical [... more]
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Great Apes (Self, Will)
Just a waste of time: Great Apes was a waste of time to read. The author was obviously trying to comment on modern society through a "Planet Of The Apes" type gimmick, but the payoff isn't worth the effort. The author really doesn't have much [... more]
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The Sweet Smell of Psychosis: A Novella (Self, Will)
Amazon.com Review: The Sweet Smell of Psychosis (very loosely based on Alexander Mackendrick's searing '50s movie Sweet Smell of Success) is the kind of mordant fable that Will Self could toss off in his sleep. But although it doesn't stretch Self's [... more]
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Dorian
Many people just don't like this sort of stuff...: ...but I'd rather be one of the few who finds pleasure in Self's perversity than one of the many who see only perveristy in such pleasures (as those of the wanton that is Self's Henry Wotton). Perhaps [... more]
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How the Dead Live
Amazon.com Review: In April 1988, 65-year-old Lily Bloom quickly succumbs to cancer in the Royal Ear Hospital. ("Where do they keep the Royal Ear, I wonder? I think of it as very large--as big as a dinner tray--and very red, angrily red.") But [... more]
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Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys (Self, Will)
Amazon.com Review: Will Self's tabloid-friendly reputation as a connoisseur of proscribed substances should not obscure the fact that he can write many of his contemporaries under the table. His latest collection, Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys, [... more]
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How the Dead Live
Amazon.com Review: In April 1988, 65-year-old Lily Bloom quickly succumbs to cancer in the Royal Ear Hospital. ("Where do they keep the Royal Ear, I wonder? I think of it as very large--as big as a dinner tray--and very red, angrily red.") But [... more]
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Grey Area (Self, Will)
Amazon.com Review: The latest collection of short stories by Will Self explores a world so saturated with sensory stimulation its inhabitants are immune to it. In the minds of his characters, vastly complicated interior worlds and conspiracies are formed [... more]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Surprising Things in Here that Are Not in Other Alice Editions: The book is delightful, but I'm not talking about the story of Lewis Carrol itself. I'm talking, literally about the book -- its size, texture of pages, color of endpapers, texture of [... more]
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My Idea of Fun
Disgusting and entertaining: My only prior experience with Will Self was through The Quantity Theory of Insanity, a collection of short stories that defiantly refused to be what I expected of them; whether that's really a good thing or not I have yet to [... more]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking ...
Author: Lewis Carroll Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781582343631 ISBN: 1582343632 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: 2003-10-02 Reading Level: All Ages [... more]
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My Idea of Fun: A Novel
Will Self is great. Period.: I will be honest: My Idea of Fun is an excellent book albeit confusing. The story of Ian Wharton, a taciturn eidetic, sometimes blurs the fine line of reality and the subconscious. Will Self fuses together elements of [... more]
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