The Book of Dave: A Revelation of the Recent Past and the Distant Future - Softcover

Self, Will

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596913843 ISBN 13: 9781596913844

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2007

Synopsis

What if a demented London cabbie called Dave Rudman wrote a book to his estranged son to give him some fatherly advice? What if that book was buried in Hampstead and hundreds of years later, when rising sea levels have put London underwater, spawned a religion? And, what if one man decided to question life according to Dave?

About this title

Review:

'Epic and bitterly funny, this stew of satire and linguistic wizardry is everything you'd expect from Britain's master of misanthropy' -- Arena, July 2006

'Mindboggling ... darkly hilarious ... Self makes us look at ourselves; once again, he fills us with disquiet. A fascinating book.' -- Evening Standard, May 22, 2006

'Vivid, visceral and breathtakingly ambitious, this is Self's best yet' -- GQ, July 2006

The Book of Dave is Self's most successful novel to date. Funny, frightening, moving' -- Telegraph, May 20, 2006

About the Author:

Will Self is the critically acclaimed author of Cock and Bull, The Quantity Theory of Insanity, Great Apes, Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys, My Idea of Fun,and the forthcoming The Undivided Self, among others. He lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1596913843
• ISBN 13: 9781596913844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 495