Psychogeography / words by Will Self ; pictures by Ralph Steadman.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2007.Description: 255 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 0747590338
- 9780747590330
- 711 SEL
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Opening with a dazzling new essay on walking to New York from Heathrow - psychogeographically speaking, of course - this stunningly produced book brings together for the first time, fifty of Will Self's unforgettable Independent columns, with Ralph Steadman's specially commissioned artwork, making this a genuine work of collaboration.
A collection of columns originally published in the Independent.
Introduction : walking to New York -- South Dows way -- On péages -- Apples or pears? -- High on Merseyside -- The Holy City -- The Chilterns -- Madame Jacquard -- Sooming Moulay -- Decoys in Iowa -- Business as usual -- Canary dwarf -- The hot spirit of the Caribbean -- Fujian mind warp -- Côte of desire -- Be here now -- Spin city -- Hitler in Rio -- A handful of carbohydrate -- Thai strip -- Modelling the Neapolitan -- Bend sinister -- Sizewell again -- Bouncy metropolis -- Back to the Renaissance -- The sound of the suburbs -- Right to urban roaming -- Havana...in Brighton -- Line of control -- Teatowel archipelago -- Tsunami -- Rotten smoke -- The stones of Rome -- Foulness -- Spain - the final frontier -- In the garden -- Tea time in Turkey -- Deliverance - doggy style -- Fantastic Mr. Fox -- Feng Shui in Singapore -- The fugitive -- Black cloud -- The Vatican at sea -- Canalised -- Middle earth -- Kate Moss or moss? -- Where\'s papa? -- Sweaty hearth -- Pink, fluffy Barcelona -- The art of lobster -- I am a cable car -- Wild water -- Beard in space -- Romantic services -- Newfoundland.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
William Woodard "Will" Self was born on September 26, 1961. He is a British author, journalist and political commentator. He wrote ten novels, five collections of short fiction, three novellas and five collections of non-fiction writing. His novel Umbrella was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His subject matter often includes mental illness, illegal drugs and psychiatry.
Self is a regular contributor to publications including Playboy, The Guardian, Harpers, The New York Times and the London Review of Books. He also writes a column for New Statesman, and over the years he has been a columnist for The Observer, The Times and the Evening Standard. His columns for Building Design on the built environment, and for the Independent Magazine on the psychology of place brought him to prominence as a thinker concerned with the politics of urbanism.
Will Self will deliver the closing address at the 2015 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) 2015.
(Bowker Author Biography)