Regurgitation better than his fiction...
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Though I have never been able to get into Will Self's fiction which I always experience as somewhat laboured, I found this collection of previously published magazine and newspaper essays, restaurant reviews and short features instant, engaging, thoughtful and provoking, insightful, often laugh out loud funny, subversive and full of humanity. From a review of an English Country Garden restaurant experienced on acid to Self interviewing JG Ballard via an essay on The Westway, if that sounds good to you, give it a go.
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Just read it!
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Ms Burrell (below) is absolutely correct: this is not a book one can skim through in a couple of days, it requires slow digestion (hence, presumably, the title). There is nothing to link the piece together, no chronology and no sense of narrative nor progress. But I guarantee you'll want to keep reading. Just go out and get a copy, you won't regret it.
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Thank you Mr Self.
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I cannnot recommend this book highly enough. I normally devour a book within one or two days. This book was a Christmas present and is still being read in March. Will Self asks nothing more of the reader than they should enjoy the book. This is the most enjoyable and thought-provoking book I can recall having read as an adult.
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An entertaining, if somewhat eclectic collection.
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Feeding Frenzy is an eclectic collection of Will Self's journalism and written thought about things British between 1995 and 2001. The collection is acerbic and well written and mostly features newspaper and magazine articles for a wide range of publications including The Times, Evening Standard, Elle and Granta. There are also a few book and film reviews thrown in for good measure, alongside some art critique. The often-fragmented medley of, but well-written articles within the collection provide a unique “take” (for want of a better expression) on Britain between 1995-2000, although there are some glaring omissions. Throughout the book the subject of food and restaurants is constantly returned to, providing some gel in the otherwise cohesion less selection of articles. Will Self’s quirky style regularly leads him to focus on matters other than the food, often providing the most entertaining sections in the book – although probably not particularly useful if you were hoping for some insight into the restaurant. In Summary: a unique, entertaining read that I found was better to dip into rather than read in one go. Great for the tube!
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A work of scintillating genius
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Effortlessly blending highbrow and left-wing, Will Self represents the pinnacle of intelligent and entertaining writing. His use of language is impeccable, and the appeal of this, his second collection of journalism, has an appeal that transcends the philosophical and the nihilistic. These 'off-duty' clippings give the reader a fascinating opportunity to glimpse the man behind the artist, not that you'd see any great revelations about an illicitly lowbrow hack.
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