商品簡介
Self has largely ascended the cult status he endured in the first years of his career and has become widely acceptable to critics and the reading public alike. Hayes (English, Texas A&M U.-Commerce) is amongst the first to take his formal study of Self into print, and the result is not only a careful and sensitive reading and analysis of the texts but a sturdy introduction to Self's central ideas for those just starting The Quantity Theory of Insanity or Cock & Bull. Hayes takes readers through a long succession of idiosyncratic works, blends of journalism and fiction, and strangely reappearing characters, ranging from devils to angels with a lot of befuddled humans in between. Hughes includes My Idea of Fun and Great Apes in his analysis, along with other novels, novellas and short stories, and includes an entire chapter on Self's non-fiction. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
