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Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys

'Self at his most nihilistic and funny; you'll laugh and flinch at the same time' Guardian

'Self has turned out a hilarious collection, with the requisite touch of disorientation. "Flytopia", the story about a man who suddenly finds flies more lovable than his girlfriend, follows the Kafkaesque line Self opened with his recent novel Great Apes- man as animal... "Story for Europe", about a two-year-old north Londoner who suddenly starts speaking business German, is comic genius' New Statesman

'When Will Self wants to step outside his cultivated amoral threshold and shock us into rage, the effect can be profound. This is Self's third short-story collection and like all the best books it delivers what its title promises... an awesome London Dungeon of a collection... Self is a massive talent' Time Out

About Will Self

Will Self is the author of many novels and books of non-fiction, including Great Apes, The Book of Dave, How the Dead Live, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year 2002, The Butt, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2008, Umbrella, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2012, and Shark. His most recent novel, Phone, was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. He lives in south London.
Details
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780141040219
  • Length: 256 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 200g
  • Price: £15.99