Dr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe - Softcover

Will Self

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9780140268669: Dr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140268669 ISBN 13: 9780140268669

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, Uk, 2005

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A new novella and four new short stories from Will Self (his first since 1999's Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys), which see him return to the disturbing and ruckled terrain of his bestselling first collection. Dr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe is another warped window on the wibbly-wobbly world of fear and fun that Self - like some malevolent deity - has fashioned over the years.

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About the Author:

Will Self is the author of three other collections of short stories, three novellas, four novels (most recently Dorian) and four non-fiction works. As a journalist he has contributed to a plethora of publications over the years. He has a regular column in the Evening Standard and is also a frequent broadcaster on television and radio. Will lives in London with his wife and four children. ------------------ 'Brilliantly original, Will Self is one of those rare writers whose imaginations change for ever the way we see the world' JG Ballard ------------------------- 'Examining Mr Self's case notes, I recommend we up the dosage' Herald

Review:

Self returns with another collection of short fiction and, by now, we should know what to expect. Those who have read The Quantity Theory of Insanity will also be eased into this collection by the knowledge that its unsettling psychiatrist Zack Busner also features in the principle story in Dr Mukti. Busner again plays the supreme anti-hero in a story with much competition for that role. We witness Dr Mukti's decline from diligent psychiatrist to potential patient as Self cruelly twists and stretches what could be a pedestrian tale of mid-life crisis. Mukti, spurred on by professional jealousy, and his friend Elmley, clumsily confronting his own demons, soon find their lives and their future mental health in the hands of Busner.

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