Self
A well known intellectual and author of several popular novels once reversed his car into me. As I lay broken on the floor in a puddle of my own vomit, I remember thinking "if only there was a way I could work this story into a torturous pun for QOTW..."

But nothing came to mind.
(Wasmaschine!, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 19:54, 14 replies)

Was it Brian Harvey?

(Eukanuba, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 20:22, closed)

Martin Amis actually

(Wasmaschine!, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 20:27, closed)

Was he a self-employed author?

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Thu 28 Nov 2013, 20:23, closed)

You mean Will Self, it's just that you said several POPULAR novels.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 20:43, closed)

Glad someone stepped in there.
Surely he's better known for trespassing and getting upset about being a nonce.
(s0ckpuppet logging out to reply to you if you're not careful, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 21:13, closed)

Is that a spoof news site,
or is Will Self even more of a prick than I already believed?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 21:50, closed)

I heard him rambling (pun intended) on about this experience on R4 and then I believe on
BBC Breakfast. I don't think it underscores his prickishness but this is a story up there with, "Chip Pan Fire, 2 Fire Units attend. Not much damage."

ps. I like Will Self, I am doubting that his novels are popular.
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 22:00, closed)

You would!
I'm more in the Arthur Smith camp meself.
(s0ckpuppet logging out to reply to you if you're not careful, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 22:21, closed)

has Arthur Smith been critical of Will Self? I belived they work together.
Because other than that you really could not prefer them, unless Tim Minchin can be preferred to Dame Edna.
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:05, closed)

I can't stand Will Self.
Mostly on account of him being a shit author, but also because he's a self*-important knob.

*a-ha-ha-ha
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 22:37, closed)

Either way I'm saying you've set the bar too low.

(s0ckpuppet logging out to reply to you if you're not careful, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 22:20, closed)

Was it Michel Houellebecq?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 28 Nov 2013, 22:19, closed)

I've always thought that Salman Rushdie was not to be trusted

(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Fri 29 Nov 2013, 9:50, closed)

It was Paulo Cuelho

... who has a wonderful, lyrically poetic name. Unless you speak Portuguese, in which case he's called Paul Rabbit.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 29 Nov 2013, 11:26, closed)