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The Quantity Theory of Insanity: Reissued
Will Self
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Description for The Quantity Theory of Insanity: Reissued
Paperback. Will Self's mesmeric, inimitable debut short-story collection Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
The fictional world of Will Self is unlike any other. In The Quantity Theory of Insanity, we learn, amongst other things, the dark and terrible secret of Ward 9, why you are right to think that London is full of dead people and that each and every human being is caught up in a colossal balancing act between the sane and the insane ... The Quantity Theory of Insanity is acerbic, satirical, hilarious and, most of all, utterly unique in imaginative vision.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408827451
SKU
V9781408827451
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About Will Self
Will Self is the author of four collections of short stories (the first of which, The Quantity Theory of Insanity, won the 1992 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award), five novels (of which How the Dead Live was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year in 2002), and four non-fiction works. He is a regular broadcaster on television and radio and ... Read more
Reviews for The Quantity Theory of Insanity: Reissued
‘If a manic J. G. Ballard and a depressive David Lodge got together, they might produce something like The Quantity Theory of Insanity. But Will Self's world is all his own'
Martin Amis
‘This hilarious black satire seethes with wonderfully weird ideas and bizarre images, written with a delicate precision'
Literary Review
‘Will Self's The Quantity ... Read more
Martin Amis
‘This hilarious black satire seethes with wonderfully weird ideas and bizarre images, written with a delicate precision'
Literary Review
‘Will Self's The Quantity ... Read more