{"product_id":"the-book-of-dave-1","title":"Book of Dave","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dave\u003c\/i\u003e is Booker-shortlisted author Will Self's dazzling sixth novel \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if a demented London cabbie called Dave Rudman wrote a book to his estranged son to give him some fatherly advice? What if that book was buried in Hampstead and hundreds of years later, when rising sea levels have put London underwater, spawned a religion? What if one man decided to question life according to Dave? And what if Dave had indeed made a mistake?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShuttling between the recent past and a far-off future where England is terribly altered, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dave\u003c\/i\u003e is a strange and troubling mirror held up to our times: disturbing, satirizing and vilifying who and what we think we are. At once a meditation upon the nature of received religion, a love story, a caustic satire of contemporary urban life and a historical detective story set in the far future - this compulsive novel will be enjoyed by readers everywhere, including fans of Martin Amis and Anthony Burgess's \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vivid, visceral and breathtakingly ambitious, this is Self's best yet'  \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mindboggling ... darkly hilarious ... A fascinating book' \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":47742745543000,"sku":"9780141014548","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141014548_db8a8fb6-b22b-4dfc-981b-f7c687e00324.jpg?v=1764472535","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-book-of-dave-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}