My Idea of Fun

Self, Will

ISBN 10: 0871135655 / ISBN 13: 9780871135650

Published by Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994

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New York. 1994. April 1994. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket.Remainder Mark. 0871135655. 311 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Rick Pracher. Signed by the Author. keywords: Europe England Literature World Literature. DESCRIPTION - The story of a devilishly clever international financier/marketing wizard and his young apprentice, My Idea of Fun is both a frighteningly dark subterranean exploration of capitalism run rampant and wickedly sharp, technically acute display of linguistic pyrotechnics that glows with pure white-hot brilliance. Ian Wharton is a very ordinary young man until he is taken under the wing of a gentleman known variously as Mr. Broadhurst, Samuel Northcliff, and finally and conclusively simply as the Fat Controller. Loud-mouthed, impeccably tailored, a fount of bombastic erudition, the Fat Controller initiates Ian into the dark secrets of his arts - of marketing, money, and the human psyche - and takes Ian, and the reader, on a wild voyage around the edges of reality. As we careen into the twenty-first century, Self perfectly captures the zeitgeist of our times: money is the only common language; consumerism, violence and psychosis (drug-induced and otherwise) prevail; and the human soul has become the ultimate product. inventory #19410 Very Good in Dustjacket.Remainder Mark.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Idea of Fun
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871135655
• ISBN 13: 9780871135650
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by the Author

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Synopsis

An international financier and his young apprentice form the center of a wickedly acute story of capitalism run amuck, in a society in which consumerism, violence, and psychosis are the norm and the human soul becomes the ultimate product. 25,000 first printing.

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)