{"product_id":"my-idea-of-fun-paperback","title":"My Idea of Fun - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Self\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Self has established himself as one of the most brilliant, daring, and inventive writers of his generation. \u003ci\u003eMy Idea of Fun\u003c\/i\u003e is Will Self's highly acclaimed first novel. The story of a devilishly clever international financier\/marketing wizard and his young apprentice, \u003ci\u003eMy Idea of Fun\u003c\/i\u003e 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 young man until he is taken under the wing of a gentleman known variously as Mr. Broadhurst, Samuel Northcliff, and finally and simply the Fat Controller. Loudmouthed, impeccably tailored, and 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. As we careen into the twenty-first century, Self perfectly captures the zeitgeist of our times: money is the only common language; consumerism, violence, and psychosis (drug-induced and otherwise) prevail; and the human soul has become the ultimate product.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.38 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757553844512,"sku":"9780802142139","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c2e55a3f10368387485fde9181d4f550.webp?v=1780105151","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-idea-of-fun-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}