(1). Typed draft (pp. 1-35), revised by hand. (2). Incomplete typed draft (pp. 1-16). (3). Complete copy of New Fiction (Grove Atlantic, 1994), including 'Understanding the Ur-Bororo' (as pp. 2-15). The story was originally published in The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991).
(1). Typed draft, revised by hand [pp. 1-11].(2). Typed draft (single-spaced), revised by hand [pp. 1-5].(3). Typed draft, revised by hand (pp. 1-89). Originally published in The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991).
(1). Typed draft (unmarked, pp. 1-36). (2) Typed draft, revised by hand (pp. 1-36). The story was originally published in The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991).
Will Self: The Quantity Theory of Insanity (complete typescript)
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Complete typescript (unmarked) of the book The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991). Returned to Self with a covering note (12 Sep 1990) on Curtis Brown letterhead.
Three A4 notebooks with mixed contents, including: early drafts of the two novellas 'Cock' and 'Bull' ('Cock' was drafted in Morocco: 'Fez 21.5.91'); various unrelated work notes ('day job'); a draft of the story 'Inclusion', subsequently published in the collection Grey Area (1994); a draft con...
Will Self: 'Cock: A Novelette' (revised typescript)
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(1). Incomplete typescript draft (word-processed), revised by hand: pp. 1, 8-35, 44, 47-76, 80-5, 87-125. (2). Additional pages, word-processed and revised by hand: pp. 117-23, and two unnumbered pages. (3). Editorial comment, typed (5 sheets), largely about 'Cock' ('very little needs altering' i...
Revised typescript, described as '2nd corrected draft' on a covering sheet (not in Self's hand): 'Author's Preface' (autograph), dated 'November 1991' (pp. i-ii); word processed draft, revised by hand (pp. 2-117).