My Idea of Fun: a Cautionary Tale ***SIGNED***

Self, Will

ISBN 10: 0747515913 / ISBN 13: 9780747515913

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1993

About this Item

Near fine unread first edition/first printing hardback signed by author on title page. Free of owner's marks with very tight binding. Shelfwear consists of a few faint smudges outside textblock. Else negligible. Dust jacket near fine in protective archival sleeve.

Seller Inventory # 3959

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Idea of Fun: a Cautionary Tale ***SIGNED***
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747515913
• ISBN 13: 9780747515913
• Binding: Hardcover/Hardback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: signed by author or artist
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

An offbeat novel from an exponent of dirty magical realism. When Mr Broadhurst got his psychic teeth into Ian Wharton - aged 11 - he just wouldn't let go. The result is that now Ian's idea of fun isn't quite the sort of thing to be expected of a 30-something marketing consultant in London.

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)