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<div><div>When cabdriver Dave Rudman’s wife of five years deserts him for another man, taking their only child with her, he is thrown into a tailspin of doubt and discontent. Fearing his son will never know his father, Dave pens a gripping text—part memoir, part deranged philosophical treatise, and part handbook of “the Knowledge” learned by all London cab drivers. Meant for the boy when he comes of age, the book captures the frustration and anxiety of modern life. Five hundred years later, the <i>Book of Dave </i>is discovered by the inhabitants on the island of Ham, where it becomes a sacred text of biblical proportion, and its author is revered as a mighty prophet. </div></div>
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nearly a year two years, now. I have started it twice five times. It's not Will's fault I get distracted.
But it is Will's fault that he cribbed (read: ransacked) Russell Hoban's Riddley Walker, which I couldn't get through...
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First and foremost, having a knowledge (not necessarily Knowledge) of London and its environs would be useful to enhance appreciation of the tale. The use of written c...more...]]>
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STOP SMILING interview with author Will Self.
ABUSE OF SELF
The Stop Smiling Interview with Will Self
By Sally Vincent
(This interview originally appeared in the STOP SMILING Photography Issuie)
The first time I laid eyes on Will Self, ...more...]]>
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Will Self's previous fiction, including The Quantity Theory of Insanity, captured modern English society's ills. The Book of Dave, a best seller in the UK, is a similarly imaginative, vitriolic, and what-if criticism of modern culture. Despite its compelling themes, reviewers differed in opinion abo...more...]]>
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I found the future sections less interesting than the present. The main ...more...]]>
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Weird and wonderful, this tale starts as two disparate threads of narrative, seemingly nothing connecting save the odd word or concept here or there. Dave, our humble cabbie, present day London, like many cabbies ...more...]]>
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This book alternates between two settings - present-day London, where Dave the cabbie struggles to keep his sanity during his divorce from his wife, and a post-apocalyptic future with a religion based on a book Dave wrote for his son. There's a glossary in the back to help with the slang...more...]]>
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