Customer Reviews
Regurgitation better than his fiction... - By: , 14 Dec 2004 
Though I have never been able to get into Will Self's fiction which I always experience as somewhat laboured, I found this collection of previously published magazine & newspaper essays, restaurant reviews & short features instant, engaging, thoughtful & provoking, insightful, often laugh out loud funny, subversive & full of humanity. From a review of an English Country Garden restaurant experienced on acid to Self interviewing JG Balllard via an essay on The Westway, if that sounds good to you, give it a go.
Just read it! - By: , 26 Mar 2003 
Ms Burrell (below) is absolutely correct: this is not a book one can skim through in a couple of days, it requires slow digestion (hence, presumably, the title). There is nothing to link the piece together, no chronology & no sense of narrative nor progress. But I guarantee you'll want to keep reading.
Just go out & get a copy, you won't regret it.
Thank you Mr Self. - By: Sue Burrell, 04 Mar 2003 I cannnot recommend this book highly enough. I normallly devour a book within one or two days. This book was a Christmas present & is still being read in March. Will Self asks nothing more of the reader than they should enjoy the book. This is the most enjoyable & thought-provoking book I can recalll having read as an adult.
An entertaining, if somewhat eclectic collection. - By: , 18 Oct 2002 
Feeding Frenzy is an eclectic collection of Will Self's journalism & written thought about things British between 1995 & 2001. The collection is acerbic & well written & mostly features newspaper & magazine articles for a wide range of publications including The Times, Evening Standard, Elle & Granta. There are also a few book & film reviews thrown in for good measure, alongside some art critique. The often-fragmented medley of, but well-written articles within the collection provide a unique “take” (for want of a better expression) on Britain between 1995-2000, although there are some glaring omissions.
Throughout the book the subject of food & restaurants is constantly returned to, providing some gel in the otherwise cohesion less selection of articles. Will Self’s quirky style regularly leads him to focus on matters other than the food, often providing the most entertaining sections in the book – although probably not particularly useful if you were hoping for some insight into the restaurant.
In Summary: a unique, entertaining read that I found was better to dip into rather than read in one go. Great for the tube!
A work of scintillating genius - By: , 08 Jan 2002 Effortlessly blending highbrow & left-wing, Will Self represents the pinnacle of intelligent & entertaining writing. His use of language is impeccable, & the appeal of this, his second collection of journalism, has an appeal that transcends the philosophical & the nihilistic. These 'off-duty' clippings give the reader a fascinating opportunity to glimpse the man behind the artist, not that you'd see any great revelations about an illicitly lowbrow hack.
