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Title	:	My Idea of Fun
Author	:	Will Self
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	September 28th 2005 by Grove Press (first published September 19th 1993)
Categories	:	Fiction. Novels. Literature. European Literature. British Literature

My Idea of Fun

Will Self

Paperback | Pages: 320 pages

Rating: 3.44 | 2540 Users | 97 Reviews

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Will Self has established himself as one of the most brilliant, daring, and inventive writers of his generation. My Idea of Fun is Will Self’s highly acclaimed first novel. 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 a 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 simply the Fat Controller. Loudmouthed, impeccably tailored, and 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.

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Original Title:	My Idea of Fun
ISBN:	0802142133 (ISBN13: 9780802142139)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.44 From 2540 Users | 97 Reviews

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Will Self's second novel in which he introduces the peculiar hyper-realism he is so well know for. An imaginative and entertaining story that depicts the social wreckage of the UK in the early1990s.

Avoid. I could not stop reading this appalling, horrible book. It literally gave me nightmares and also made me laugh. I did not understand it but I enjoyed trying. Something about how marketing is desensitizing us? I regret reading it but I look forward to more from this writer.

This man is too clever and he knows it. And it's hard to enjoy a novel that seems only to have been written for its ability to shock.



I hated this book- the distinctive, lugubrious voice of its author haunted it throughout. Admittedly it is well written but after the 'First Book', it seemed to degenerate into the ramblings of a madman, from which it didn't recover. Just a very weird and unpleasant reading experience.Certainly not my idea of fun.

I've been prompted to write a review for this by the number of 1 star reviews I have seen.This is one of my favourite books ever. However, before you read this book there are a number of provisos to consider. There are things that I believe about literature. Also note, not all of these may apply directly to this particular book, as I would be giving away too much if they did. Finally, the provisos will sit under a spoiler alert at the end of the review, but are intended to be read at this point.

A truly ghastly experience, My Idea of Fun records the memories, justifications and sheer relish of a delusional maniac, serial killer, animal torturer and all around repulsive fellow, couched in prose so purple it's no longer a part of the visible spectrum. As the protagonist's predilections are presented on the first page, you can't say you didn't know what you were getting into. Against the chidings of my conscience I continued reading, fascinated, much as you can't not look at a grisly