{"product_id":"dr-mukti-and-other-tales-of-woe","title":"Dr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe\u003c\/i\u003e - an astonishing collection by Booker nominee Will Self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Strange, disquieting, very funny and, frankly, rather frightening'  \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs good as anything he has written ... one of Self's grisliest creations. There is no contemporary writer of fiction more perceptive about psychosis'  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Self's enjoyable, intelligent collection of savage stories is splendidly satiric. The title story is a brilliant novella that tells of duelling psychiatrists who use mental patients as weapons. You laugh, but you also flinch'  \u003ci\u003eScotsman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The conceit of 'Dr Mukti' is as prescient as it is hilarious'  \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A destabilizing, funny, abundantly Gothic tour de force'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Self is a preternaturally gifted writer. On almost every page of his fiction, one finds stupefyingly arresting images, viciously cutting remarks and hypodermic-sharp social observation'  \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Very funny. The flips and folds of Self's writing are as muscular and alarming as ever; there is simply no one else using language in such a manner in Britain today'  \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Self is the author of nine novels including \u003ci\u003eCock and Bull\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMy Idea of Fun; Great Apes; How the Dead Live; Dorian, an Imitation; The Book of Dave; The Butt; Walking to Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUmbrella\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has written five collections of shorter fiction and three novellas: \u003ci\u003eThe Quantity Theory of Insanity; Grey Area; License to Hug; The Sweet Smell of Psychosis; Design Faults in the Volvo 760 Turbo; Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys; Dr. Mukti and Other Tales of Woe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes\u003c\/i\u003e. Self has also compiled a number of nonfiction works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Undivided Self: Selected Stories; Junk Mail; Perfidious Man; Sore Sites; Feeding Frenzy; Psychogeography; Psycho Too\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221508182360,"sku":"9780141040196","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141040196.jpg?v=1782787528","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dr-mukti-and-other-tales-of-woe","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}