“In his new book, a perpetually wayward Will Self investigates all manner of madness the only way he knows how—by strapping on his boots and walking to airports. Staged as a ‘memoir,’ we follow the author as he meanders from London to LA to Yorkshire Cliffs. Along the way, he gleefully prods at conceptual art, dissects a bloated, self-reflexive Hollywood, repeatedly catalogs his compulsive disorders, and peers into the void of his own diminishing mind. A fantastical skewering of psychosis and modern culture, Walking to Hollywood is yet another riotous trip from this mordant and masterful twenty-first century satirist.”—Matthew, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, from The Ship’s (B)log
Face Out
Walking to Hollywood: Memories of Before the Fall by Will Self
July 1, 2011