{"product_id":"self-and-i","title":"Self \u0026 I","description":"\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"c846f6d8-3c46-0b69-fd39-4119325b005b\"]' data-w-id=\"c846f6d8-3c46-0b69-fd39-4119325b005b\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED: New Angle Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Painfully honest and extremely funny’ Jesse Armstrong\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scene is a remote cottage in Suffolk in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill Self, newly divorced, is the in-demand \u003cem\u003eenfant terrible\u003c\/em\u003e of the British literary scene. Matthew De Abaitua, an eager young writer fresh out of Malcolm Bradbury's Creative Writing course at the University of East Anglia, is excited to be hired as his ‘amanuensis'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's not obvious what that intriguing job title will entail. In this unique, frank and often very funny portrait of one of our most talked-about and controversial literary figures, \u003cem\u003eSelf \u0026amp; I\u003c\/em\u003e charts the highs and lows of the experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a compelling account of a remarkable time in Britain and British literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"b78d34f2-8e00-c39b-fb81-1b86d5abc2f6\"]' data-w-id=\"b78d34f2-8e00-c39b-fb81-1b86d5abc2f6\"\u003e‘This erudite yet hilarious account will resonate with anyone trudging in the footsteps of a more successful figure’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"9ee34f1a-ca8e-025d-4759-4df5581ea616\"]' data-w-id=\"9ee34f1a-ca8e-025d-4759-4df5581ea616\"\u003e‘A moving lament for a vanished age’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"d1de34da-c160-e20b-bc08-2630a1675395\"]' data-w-id=\"d1de34da-c160-e20b-bc08-2630a1675395\"\u003e‘The denouement to this smart, funny memoir ends up being a paean to the novel itself’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"62e08955-702f-335c-69d0-2708076cc347\"]' data-w-id=\"62e08955-702f-335c-69d0-2708076cc347\"\u003e‘A study of working-class ambition, an exegesis of the Self canon, a critique of masculinity, a window onto the last pre-digital moment, and a review of that hollow decade in which even the counter-culture was in hock to the establishment...’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTLS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"ca27b7f8-8973-da97-1c60-6cf6580552d4\"]' data-w-id=\"ca27b7f8-8973-da97-1c60-6cf6580552d4\"\u003e‘Begins as an intoxicated, madcap romp, before it takes some unexpectedly touching turns’ \u003cstrong data-palette=\"Strong\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"d52950f5-5dd8-f97d-0468-0801f3ef081d\"]' data-w-id=\"d52950f5-5dd8-f97d-0468-0801f3ef081d\"\u003e\u003cem data-palette=\"Emphasized\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"31ec56d9-51eb-87d3-24f2-72054ab39df0\"]' data-w-id=\"31ec56d9-51eb-87d3-24f2-72054ab39df0\"\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0c11d317-82be-9439-3d8b-29ce1bbadfc0\"]' data-w-id=\"0c11d317-82be-9439-3d8b-29ce1bbadfc0\"\u003e‘De Abaitua is a good storyteller, and his book gives us precisely the Self we might hope for... possessing a feverish hilarity that owes a debt to \u003cem data-palette=\"Emphasized\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"31b06b9a-fdf7-377f-4d5b-9074e6855c6a\"]' data-w-id=\"31b06b9a-fdf7-377f-4d5b-9074e6855c6a\"\u003eWithnail and I\u003c\/em\u003e’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"ce5d1383-b353-9ac5-ca87-3da8c302abc8\"]' data-w-id=\"ce5d1383-b353-9ac5-ca87-3da8c302abc8\"\u003e‘This sincere, touching book’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"5ae51dbc-6d78-6768-eb27-bb4e168531bb\"]' data-w-id=\"5ae51dbc-6d78-6768-eb27-bb4e168531bb\"\u003e‘An utterly compelling account of what it means to read, write, live and breathe literature’ \u003cstrong data-palette=\"Strong\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"833901dd-f157-9cec-8369-7525997ba203\"]' data-w-id=\"833901dd-f157-9cec-8369-7525997ba203\"\u003eMatt Thorne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"5ae51dbc-6d78-6768-eb27-bb4e168531bb\"]' data-w-id=\"5ae51dbc-6d78-6768-eb27-bb4e168531bb\"\u003e‘Comes very close to being a classic memoir of literary apprenticeship’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Oldie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"18d122f3-4c89-0b66-d24a-76ea863bd7c6\"]' data-w-id=\"18d122f3-4c89-0b66-d24a-76ea863bd7c6\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"aff65a14-ff16-c59d-a6e8-0cf11fb0f961\"]' data-w-id=\"aff65a14-ff16-c59d-a6e8-0cf11fb0f961\"\u003ePublished: Eye (February 2019)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"e67c15a3-6f04-1ae9-b9be-caecd610b5e4\"]' data-w-id=\"e67c15a3-6f04-1ae9-b9be-caecd610b5e4\"\u003eISBN: 9781785630798\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"38a84f49-3865-6719-e8fc-283592da538a\"]' data-w-id=\"38a84f49-3865-6719-e8fc-283592da538a\"\u003eHardback\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"14c00bd7-9d63-d280-94e9-6b935703c708\"]' data-w-id=\"14c00bd7-9d63-d280-94e9-6b935703c708\"\u003ePublished: Eye (March 2018)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"ef2f8b1e-c7e4-711a-696a-446eb0604acd\"]' data-w-id=\"ef2f8b1e-c7e4-711a-696a-446eb0604acd\"\u003eISBN: 9781785630644\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"b2af9356-bbca-cd43-9cd3-b4a4fa201867\"]' data-w-id=\"b2af9356-bbca-cd43-9cd3-b4a4fa201867\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56900618486144,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56900620190080,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/products\/Screen_Shot_2019-02-09_at_10.52.45.png?v=1549709723","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/self-and-i","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}