September 26th, 2002
In 1961 English novelist Will Self (Cock and Bull, 1992) is born in London.
Will Self, b. September 26, 1961
The acknowledged bad boy of British fiction began his career with kudos for his short stories in 1991, followed that with a novel that was savaged by the critics, and became known as a “hack who gets hired because I do drugs.” Drug-free since 1998, he continues his successful career with novels, short stories, and journalism.
Suggested Reading Novels Cock and Bull, 1992. Great Apes, 1997. The Book of Dave, 2006. Umbrella, 1012. Short fiction The Quantity Theory of Insanity, 1991. Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys, 1998. Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes, 2008. Non-fiction Junk Mail, 1996. Feeding Frenzy, 2001. Psycho Too, 2009. The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker, 2012.
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