My Idea of Fun: Reissued - Softcover

Self, Will

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408827425 ISBN 13: 9781408827420

Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2011

Synopsis

When the young Ian Wharton first meets Mr Broadhurst, he is completely unaware of the influence he will come to exert over his life as 'The Fat Controller' - a constant companion and confidant and also the obese, erudite manifestation of Ian's mental illness. As Ian's idea of fun becomes increasingly extreme, the reader is taken to a place where morality is eroded by the dull grind of modernity and everything becomes admissable.

About this title

Review:

'This is a brilliant first novel, obscene, funny, opulently written, and, of course, agonisingly moral' (Observer)

'No one else I can think of writes about contemporary Britain with such elan, energy and witty intelligence. Rejoice' (Nicholas Lezard, Guardian)

'Written with diabolical gusto and skill' (Evening Standard)

'Vastly entertaining' (The Times)

Book Description:

Will Self's provocative, shocking and completely unique novel of psychosis and contemporary malaise

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1408827425
• ISBN 13: 9781408827420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384