Will Self: The Sweet Smell of Psychosis (notes and initial drafts)
Scope & Content:
(1). Various early notes, including 'post-it' notes (4 sheets). (2). Typed passage in draft (2 sheets) corresponding to Great Apes (1997), pp. 54-5. Draft begins: 'A band of Balkan freebooters raided the club' [Sealink Club]. (3). Typed opening in draft (3pp. with carbon copies) (4). Word-pro...
Will Self: How the Dead Live (scrapbook of 'post-it' notes)
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook used to gather together many 'post-it' notes generated during the composition of the novel. Includes three additional loose sheets with further notes attached.
Will Self: Dorian (Part Three, and Epilogue, incorporating reader's annotations)
Scope & Content:
Part Three (Chapters 13-18), and Epilogue annotated by an unidentified reader. Most (but not all) annotations marked by 'post-it' notes. Also revised by the author in pencil. Note overlapping numbering: Chapter 13, pp. 365-395; Chapter 14, pp. 392-428; Chapter 15, pp. 424-460; Chapter 16, pp. 4...
Will Self: Liver ('Leberknödel', 'Prometheus', 'Birdy Num Num' - unmarked drafts)
Scope & Content:
(1). Two fronts from original buff envelopes used to keep the three drafts, both with identifying information in the author's hand. The drafts were split between two envelopes and have been brought together when catalogued. (2). 'Leberknödel', pp. 121-186 and 187-200 (both with identifying paper ...
Will Self: Liver ('Foie Humain', heavily revised draft with separate notes)
Scope & Content:
(1). Typewritten draft, heavily revised and annotated in pencil, pp. 1-70. (2). Pencil notes and 'post-it' notes (4 small sheets and 12 sheets). Includes 'Cast List' and a floorplan of the Plantation Club.
Will Self: Phone: Background Research ('Pregnancy Book' and 'Gay London')
Scope & Content:
(1). ‘Pregnancy Book’ published by the Health Education Authority (1988). Complete unmarked copy (pp. 1-79), with small yellow post-it note taped to Contents page: ‘multicultural mums’. (2). ‘Gay London c 1985’. Word-processed document (pp. 1-83) assembled from various internet sources, incorpo...
Will Self: Journalism (various restaurant reviews, as submitted to the Observer)
Scope & Content:
Various undated restaurant reviews, in the form of word-processed documents as submitted by fax for publication (usually indicated as the Observer): Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Great Milton, Oxford (6 sheets); Elena's L'Etoile, Charlotte Street, London (5 sheets); Franco's, Enniskillen, Northern...
Will Self: Journalism (various restaurant reviews, as submitted to the Observer)
Scope & Content:
Various undated restaurant reviews, in the form of word-processed documents as submitted by fax for publication (usually indicated as the Observer): La Fontana, Birley Street, Blackpool (5 sheets); Sonia's Café, Latimer Road, London (6 sheets); Rita's Samosa Centre, Southall, Middlesex (4 sheets...