The Undivided Self [Hardcover]

Will Self (Author), Rick Moody (Foreword)

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Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury US; First Edition edition (Oct 26 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1596912979
ISBN-13: 978-1596912977
Product Dimensions: 24 x 16.6 x 3.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 739 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #489,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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“The perfect introduction to the gamut of Self’s darkly comic, verbally dexterous shorter prose. Turning outrageously apt metaphors as few others can, Self could build a career on wit alone. As this outstanding collection amply shows, however, he delivers much more.”—Library Journal

“A welcome showcase of short (or shortish) fiction by quirky comic master Self. Each story is a pleasure. A powerful argument against selflessness, a treat for fans and a grand introduction for those new to the author’s curious view of the universe.”—Kirkus (starred review)

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Since the release of his first story collection in 1991, Will Self has been hailed as a master of the short story. Now, for the first time, selected stories from his five highly praised collections will be available in one volume, introduced by Rick Moody. These stories, drawn from The Quantity Theory of Insanity, Gray Area, Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys, Dr. Mukti and Other Tales of Woe, and Liver—plus one story never before published—give us unexpected comic twists, masterful language, and the ordinary colored by the absurd: a man who finds his mother walking in a London suburb ten months after her death; the odd nuances of a drab office worker's daily routine; and a send-up of the British elite that takes place after a carcinogenic fog blankets England. Compared favorably to Nabokov, Pynchon, Gaddis, Ballard, and DeLillo, Will Self is a bold satirist whose selected stories represent some of the best and most outrageous fiction of the last decade.

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