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How the Dead Live
How the Dead Live
Author: Will Self
Will Self has one of literature's most astonishing imaginations, and in How the Dead Live his talent has come to full flower. Lily Bloom is an angry, aging American transplanted to England, now losing her battle with cancer. Attended by nurses and her two daughters -- lumpy Charlotte, a dour, successful businesswoman, and beautiful Natasha, a ju...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802138484
ISBN-10: 0802138489
Publication Date: 9/2/2001
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Grove Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Will Self is a very talented writer. Of all his works, though, this is not one of my favorites. I found it a little long-winded. You can find the very worthwhile short story version of this book in the collection "The Quantity Theory of Insanity".


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