QUIDDITY OF WILL SELF: A Novel

One of the founding members of the Will Self Club (WSC), Sam Mills was recently elevated to the position of Sovereign Grand Quiddity Inspector General, the most powerful position in the Selfian hierarchy. Essentially the book takes elements found in Will Self novels and uses them to satirise the publishing industry and those who market it and those who follow it. Self appears both man and myth and characters fruitlessly try to capture his essence. Ambitious, imaginative, this is for all literary snobs touching on social engineering, madness and dystopia. The ghost of a beautiful young woman Sylvie hovers outside the window of Will Self's study. She is seeking to influence his latest novel before she can rest in peace. She was a member of the WSC, a mysterious cult of charismatic writers who appear to worship Will Self. When Richard, a twenty-something idler and literary wannabe discovers Sylvie's dead body, he gets sucked into their dark world of absinthe, cloaks and bizarre initiation rites, slowly losing his sense of perspective on the strange events that encircle him. What is the true nature of the WSC? What did they do to Sylvie and does Richard now face a similar fate? Ranging from the present day to 2049, a highly original comic novel. 375pp, paperback.