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Will Self
ISBN: 9780241954607
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: PENGUIN INK
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Shuttling between the recent past and a far-off future where England is terribly altered, this book presents a strange and troubling mirror held up to our times: disturbing, satirizing and vilifying who and what we think we are.
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? What if one man decided to question life according to Dave? And what if Dave had indeed made a mistake? Shuttling between the recent past and a far-off future where England is terribly altered, "The Book of Dave" is a strange and troubling mirror held up to our times: disturbing, satirizing and vilifying who and what we think we are.
| ISBN | 0241954606 | | Pages | 512 | | ISBN13 | 9780241954607
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 342 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Series title | Penguin Ink | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 04 Aug 2011 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 823.92 | | Spine width (mm) | 30 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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Funny, frightening, moving. Self's most successful novel to date Daily Telegraph Extraordinarily brilliant and engaging ... tender and strange -- Philip Hensher Spectator Dazzling, hilarious ... one of the finest and funniest London novels in years Time Out Self writes his most imaginative, most dazzling and most moving book yet -- Rick Moody Esquire Mindboggling, darkly hilarious ... Self makes us look at ourselves; once again, he fills us with disquiet. A fascinating book Evening Standard Vivid, visceral and breathtakingly ambitious, this is Self's best yet GQ  Be the first to write a customer review
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