Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys

Self at his most nihilistic and funny; you'll laugh and flinch at the same time' Guardian 'Self has turned out a hilarious collection, with the requisite touch of disorientation. " Flytopia", the story about a man who suddenly finds flies more lovable than his girlfriend, follows the Kafkaesque line Self opened with his recent novel Great Apes - man as animal... " Story for Europe", about a two-year-old north Londoner who suddenly starts speaking business German, is comic genius' New Statesman 'When Will Self wants to step outside his cultivated amoral threshold and shock us into rage, the effect can be profound. This is Self's third short-story collection and like all the best books it delivers what its title promises... an awesome London Dungeon of a collection... Self is a massive talent' Time Out