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PSYCHO TOO
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| By: |
Will Self, Ralph Steadman (Illus) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£20.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1408802287 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781408802281 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2009 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
A second take of the very best of Will Self's columns for the Independent on the oddities of place, with Ralph Steadman's trademark illustrations. |
| Synopsis: |
Will Self and Ralph Steadman join forces once again in a further post-millennial meditation on the vexed relationship of psyche and place in a globalised world; Psycho Too brings together a second helping of their very best words and pictures from 'Psychogeography', the columns they contributed to the Independent for half a decade. The introduction, 'Journey Through Britain' is a new extended essay by Self, accompanied by Steadman's inimitable images. It tells of how Self journeyed to Dubai, that Gotterdammerung of the contemporary built environment, in order to walk the length of the artificial Britain-shaped island, in the offshore luxury housing development known as 'The World'. Ranging from Istanbul to Los Angeles and from the crumbling coastline of East Yorkshire to the adamantine heads of Easter Island, Will Self's engaging and disturbing vision is once again perfectly counter-pointed by Ralph Steadman's edgy and dazzling artwork. |
| Illustrations: |
Colour Illustrations throughout |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Returns: |
Returnable |