My Idea of Fun - Vintage Contemporaries Author:Will Self The story of a devilishly clever international financier/marketing wizard and his young apprentice, My Idea of Fun is both a frighteningly dark subterranean exploration of capitalism run rampant and a wickedly sharp, technically acute display of linguistic pyrotechnics that glows with pure white-hot brilliance. — Ian Wharton is a very ordinary yo... more »ung man until he is taken under the wing of a gentleman known variously as Mr. Broadhurst, Samuel Northcliff, and finally and conclusively simply as the Fat Controller, Loud-mouthed, impeccably tailored, a fount of bombastic erudition, the Fat Controller initiates Ian into the dark secrets of his arts -- of marketing, money, and the human psyche -- and takes Ian, and the reader, on a wild voyage around the edges of reality.« less
Bill H. (buzoman) reviewed My Idea of Fun (Vintage Contemporaries) on
I love Will Self. He is weird. some parts of the story made me feel like I was on drugs!Its a bit twisted but very entertaining.It was a bit hard to follow for a while but came around later. Excellent read.