Cock & Bull

by Will Self

Book Overview

Will Self has been praised by The New York Times Book Review as "a high-powered satirical weapon" and Cock & Bull is one of his most outrageous works of fiction "Cock: A Novelette" is the story of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871135310
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

CoCK

Didn't care for the bull. Kinda dug the C*ck. I thought that the story was insightful, funny, sexy, etc. Maybe that was a bit too much c#ck for some people. They should stick to reading John Grisham or the like.

Making 'Brilliant' cliche...

This happened to be the 3rd book of Will Self's that I read, the first being Great Apes and second being The Sweet Smell of Psychosis. The athletic story line in this collection of two novellas were pleasantly charming. Here I am sitting in a dreadry Romantic American Literature Class but reading about a guy who suddenly grows a vagina beind his left knee. That brings us into the subject matter. First we have 'Cock: A Novelette'. In it this woman, over a period of time, grows a fully functional male penis. In 'Bull: A Farce', a rugby player is bestowed by fate with a fully functional femine genitalia network, so to speak. There are, however, complications to both of these. Cock and Bull is a good read for postmodernists or anyone who thinks that books are dull. Be warned, however, the writing stlye is complex and hard to understand if you are not equipt for the task. Very good book though, over all.

Two devilish stories

Really funny, twisty stuff. If you like Martin Amis, then you'll love Cock & Bull. Really British stuff and proof positive that the contemporary Brit novelists are the only ones getting it done right now.