{"product_id":"liver","title":"Liver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiver -\u003c\/i\u003e Booker prize nominee Will Self's extraordinary examination of lives out of control\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Magnificent, horribly funny'  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant. One of the most manically imaginative writers at work today'  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is what Self does best: snap-shots of decline and high-concept satires of the \"slapstick of addiction\" '  \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best work of Self's I've read'  \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Will Self, the Booker shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eUmbrella\u003c\/i\u003e and the pre-eminent chronicler of our neuroses and our times, \u003ci\u003eLiver\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, hilarious and scabrous collection of stories about egos, appetites and addictions. It will be adored by readers of Martin Amis, Irvine Welsh and David Mitchell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Peculiar, subtle, affecting, humane . . . busy with stylistic experiment, high-concept in-jokes, verbal impasto and flights of fancy. Tremendous fun'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No one can revel in the disease and decay of humanity like Self'  \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Self is a superb stylist and the laureate of substance abuse, and these hepatic rhapsodies contain some of his most inventive writing'  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\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":54227626688856,"sku":"9780140290578","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140290578.jpg?v=1779165053","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/liver","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}