Summary
A wildly entertaining new novel brilliantly skewering our contemporary world, from our fiercest writer.
For the four characters at the heart of Will Self’s brilliantly acute novel of our times, the phone is both a blessing and a curse. For elderly Dr Zachary Busner, it is a mysterious object, but also his lifeline to his autistic grandson Ben, whose own connection with technology is, in turn, a vital one.
For Jonathan De’Ath, aka ‘the Butcher’, MI6 agent, the phone may reveal …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141046396 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141046392 |
| Author: | Will Self |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
A triumph … Phone is the final instalment in one of the most ambitious and important literary projects of the 21st century … It’ll take you a couple of weeks to read all three novels properly. But I can’t think of a better way to spend your time. Self’s message is a perennially important one, brilliantly expressed: only connect * Observer *
Brilliant … a kind of epic anti-tweet … what better riposte to a culture that thinks in fewer than 140 characters? * Daily Telegraph *
This trilogy will be seen in years to come as one of the most significant literary works of our century, books that reflect and refract the hideousness of our times … over and above the intellectual sprezzatura of the work, there is, at its heart, an emotional core, a profound sense of grief * New Statesman *
A series of fast-paced, laugh-out-loud witty, disgusting and frequently well-observed scenes. He has a sharp ear for dialogue, and woven in and out of the surreal narrative are some of the wisest reflections on the folly of war (in this case the Gulf War) that you are likely to read outside the pages of Tolstoy – A.N. Wilson * Evening Standard *
Addictive and compelling. Not to be missed * Daily Mail *
There are marvels in store … Self is profoundly interested in psychosis, paranoia, altered mental states, drug dependency , repetition compulsion and how our minds process time and memory * Times Literary Supplement *
Teems with brilliance and originality * Attitude *
A stunner * Mail on Sunday *
Self has achieved the status of a true classic. He writes books that no one else could possibly write and which everyone admires … he is in danger of becoming a national treasure… Self’s books are radically funny raucous romps, understandable and enjoyable by just about anyone and everyone * Prospect *
Self is the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation * Guardian *
About The Author
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.
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