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'There is a lot of the attention-grabber in Will Self, and in his prose ... Brings home how daft, compelling and dirty sex can be, all at the same time' Nicholas Lezard, Independent on Sunday 'His technique is dazzling, packed with wicked wit and and sparkling invention. Cock and Bull is scabrously brilliant stuff' Time Out 'These stories of transexual metamorphoses and hermaphroditic intercourse are likely to provoke demented laughter of a degree that may knock your socks off' Evening Standard 'Imagine a film of Kafka's Metamorphosis, scripted by William Burroughs and shot by David Cronenburg and you would have Cock and Bull: two novellas, mirrors of each other, both attempting entry to a "a twilight zone" ... pure delight to verbal perverts everywhere' Sunday Times
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‘His technique is dazzling, packed with wicked wit and and sparkling invention. Cock and Bull is scabrously brilliant stuff’
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
....That sounded accidentally philosophical.
Early Will Self is more obvious than his later books and Cock and Bull, two novellas of the names "Cock" and "Bull" (ho, ho), deal rather on the nose with the issue of gender in modern Britain...I wouldn't be surprised to learn the books were written when Self was much younger as they seem quite dated for 1992 and certainly presented from a juvenile voice. Some of the "satire" is so hamfisted it borders on just a racist charicature of the Anglo-Saxons (in "Cock") and Self seems to think a lot of things either need to be repeated ad nauseum for you to understand it, or worse still, he thinks things like the term "climb on" become funnier the more they are repeated.
Having said all that, the book is pretty breezy and it's good sleazy fun for the William S Burroughs type fan!
Early Will Self is more obvious than his later books and Cock and Bull, two novellas of the names "Cock" and "Bull" (ho, ho), deal rather on the nose with the issue of gender in modern Britain...I wouldn't be surprised to learn the books were written when Self was much younger as they seem quite dated for 1992 and certainly presented from a juvenile voice. Some of the "satire" is so hamfisted it borders on just a racist charicature of the Anglo-Saxons (in "Cock") and Self seems to think a lot of things either need to be repeated ad nauseum for you to understand it, or worse still, he thinks things like the term "climb on" become funnier the more they are repeated.
Having said all that, the book is pretty breezy and it's good sleazy fun for the William S Burroughs type fan!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
These two early novelettes by Will Self display most of his many layered literary talents. They are in turns repellent, hilarious, thought provoking and fantastically entertaining. Self describes bodily functions and organs with a disgustingly disturbing detatchment, which sometimes makes for uncomfortable reading but other times raises the sort of guilty laughter that comes with all Self's books. It can be described as satire, a commentary on sexual clichés etc, but it can also be read simply for enjoyment, which is the beauty of the work - you can go a deep as you feel like. His style which has drawn criticism for being over-elaborate (although I don't particularly find this off putting) is disciplined and punchy. The first sentence of 'Bull' is wonderfully calculated in its outrageousness...enjoy!
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Will Self is renowned for having a massive intellect or of being accused of being attention grabbing and indeed with this slightly controversial pair of novellas that create the book. The tales `cock' and `bull' both tell tales of people gaining sexual organs of the opposite sex. In `Cock' Carol is miserable, her marriage is horrific and she has finally realised that Dan is not the man for her. Dan has joined Alcoholics Anonymous yet it doesn't seem to be working. One night when he is out on the lash Carol finds out she has gained something, something that will change her life and her relationship forever.
In `Bull' we meet John Bull, he is a real mans man; he drinks (not to excess) and plays rugby. One day he wakes up to find something new has appeared on the back of his leg. He goes to the doctor and finds his doctor takes more than just a patient-to-doctor relationship, he gains a new admirer. Both of these tales have extremely comic if slightly eye opening consequences and take us into the minds of people who have just had the shocks of their lives.
People will slate this book as being trash and filth, they will be missing out. These tell how daft, crazy, naughty, dirty and enthralling sex can be. Will Self is refreshing in his no holes barred description of the sexuality have, this is funny not filthy. It's also very clever and asks the question of would women become more male and vice versa and these questions are answered as the stories go on. This is not your run of the mill novel and I absolutely loved it.
In `Bull' we meet John Bull, he is a real mans man; he drinks (not to excess) and plays rugby. One day he wakes up to find something new has appeared on the back of his leg. He goes to the doctor and finds his doctor takes more than just a patient-to-doctor relationship, he gains a new admirer. Both of these tales have extremely comic if slightly eye opening consequences and take us into the minds of people who have just had the shocks of their lives.
People will slate this book as being trash and filth, they will be missing out. These tell how daft, crazy, naughty, dirty and enthralling sex can be. Will Self is refreshing in his no holes barred description of the sexuality have, this is funny not filthy. It's also very clever and asks the question of would women become more male and vice versa and these questions are answered as the stories go on. This is not your run of the mill novel and I absolutely loved it.
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