I had that Will Self in the back of my cab...
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mini-cabs & motobike couriers.rool.OK
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Even Will Self sounds downbeat and bored reading this terribly overblown and improbable book
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great writer, but the stereotype of the cabby gets annoying at times.
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Paucity of talent. Poor writing. This guy needs to be taken down to earth for occupying his plinth unjustly and for being a pretentious twat.
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All black cabs are creaky, especially if you're drunk!
But I wonder if this driver realised what was going on in the back of his cab and that Self was taking the piss (surely he couldn't hear all the swearing). That's quite funny.
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Heh.
I wonder how many cabs they took before they found that creaky one:
"No! Not creaky enough! Find another one!"
I'm also still pondering the couplet "wet gaberdine".
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i don't think he's really a toff. i know he went to oxford but he doesn't strike me as really upper class.
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Ooh...Will Self up his own backside shock...there's a turn up for the books.
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i think you've made a very fundamental mis-judgement of Self's entire works. ALL of his novels, novellas and short stories take place in parallel universes based (looslely at times) on the one we inhabit. Look at How The Dead Live, for example. As for his attitude to the 'lower classes' - he was a heroin addict living in London slums for most of his post-University life (until meeting Ms. Orr) so I think he's got more of an idea of the gritty underside of London than either you or I.
revengeonEC1 4 years ago 13
My mate Danny (currently doing the knowledge) was interviewed for the research of this book, it seems Mr Self needed knowledge boys to get an idea of the world they inhabit.
Not knowing how much more research was done for the book, I'd imagine that at least some of the dialogue must be lifted from real life.
SqueakyProductions 4 years ago 7