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This title in other formats:The Book of Daveby Will Self
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:When East End cabdriver Dave Rudmans wife takes from him his only son, Dave pens a gripping texta compilation about everything from the environment, Arabs, and American tourists to sex, Prozac, and cabby lorethat captures all of his frustrations and anxieties about his contemporary world. Dave buries the book in his ex-wifes Hampstead backyard, intending it for his son, Carl, when he comes of age.
Five hundred years later, Daves book is found by the inhabitants of Ham, a primitive archipelago in post-apocalyptic London, where it becomes a sacred text of biblical proportions and the template for a new civilization. Only one islander, Symum, remains incredulous. But, after he is imprisoned for heresy, his son Carl must journey through the Forbidden Zone and into the terrifying heart of New London to find the only thing that will reveal the truth once and for all: a second Book of Dave that repudiates the first.
The Book of Dave is a profound meditation upon the nature of religion and a caustic satire of contemporary life. Synopsis:Five centuries after Dave Rudman wrote a gripping text--part memoir, part deranged philosophical treatise, and part handbook meant for his son when he came of age--it is discovered by the inhabitants on the island of Ham, where it becomes a sacred text of biblical proportion, and its author is revered as a mighty prophet. About the AuthorWill Self is the critically acclaimed author of Cock and Bull, The Quantity Theory of Insanity, Great Apes, Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys, My Idea of Fun,and the forthcoming The Undivided Self, among others. He lives in London. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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