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The Book of Dave
The Book of Dave is a 2006 novel by English author Will Self.
Content.
"The Book of Dave" tells the story of an angry and mentally ill London taxi driver named Dave Rudman, who writes and has printed on metal a book of his rantings against women and thoughts on custody rights for fathers. These stem from his anger with his ex-wife, Michelle, who he believes is unfairly keeping him from his son. Equally influential in Dave's book is The Knowledge
, Subterranean Press , pub date 30 Sep 2011, Signed limited edition hardback
- 2012, UK, Pan Macmillan , pub date 5 Jan 2012, Paperback
- 2012, USA, Del Rey Books , pub date 31 Jan 2012, Paperback
Reception.
Ursula K. Le Guin, reviewing the book for "The Guardian", wrote ""Embassytown" is a fully achieved work of art...works on every level, providing compulsive narrative, splendid intellectual rigour and risk, moral sophistication, fine verbal fireworks and