{"product_id":"how-the-dead-live","title":"How the Dead Live","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow the Dead Live\u003c\/i\u003e - Booker nominee Will Self's hilarious novel about the afterlife\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Scathingly entertaining' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lily is a colossal heroine, a nighttown Molly Bloom ... What begins as a satiric novel of ideas ends as a surprisingly moving elegy'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScabrous, vicious and unpleasant in life, Lily Bloom has not been improved by death. She has changed addresses, of course, and now inhabits a basement flat in Dulston - London's borough for those no longer troubled by breathing - but if anything her temperament has worsened. Finding it hard to deal with the (enforced) company of a calcified, pop-obsessed foetus, her dead, foul-mouthed son and three gruesome creatures made of her own unwanted fat, she must find something to do with her time. So how do the dead live? And what happens when they stop being dead?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The work of a novelist writing at the height of his powers. It is a horror story, a love-me-do story, a full-frontal assault on the seven deadly sins  -  and a celebration of them. Lily may be an old cow but she's good company'  \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\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":54233906774360,"sku":"9780141040172","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141040172.jpg?v=1778648433","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/how-the-dead-live","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}