Self & I: A Memoir of Literary Ambition

A unique, remarkable and hilarious portrait of one our most talked-about and controversial literary figures.
1994. Matthew De Abaitua, fresh out of university, is being interviewed for a job. The interview involves discussing literature, honking on a special cigarette and shooting at empty whisky bottles with an air rifle. The job in question is that of amanuensis, or live-in personal assistant. The employer is Will Self, the enfant terrible of the literary scene.
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