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Add MS 89203/2/4/58
- Record Id:
- 040-003367128
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003345873
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040634231.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89203/2/4/58
- Title:
- Will Self: Uncollected Short Fiction (2)
- Scope & Content:
-
Various short fictions, most undated:
- (1). Word-processed fragment, pp. 4-18 only. Page 4 begins: 'Up in her room, Kathryn and I used to clean out the cages'.
- (2). 'The Beautiful Game'. Word-processed, pp. 1-16, a few corrections by hand in blue ink.
- (3). 'Canada'. Word-processed, pp. 1-12.
- (4). 'Paradise Drive'. Word processed, pp. 1-20.
- (5). Incomplete word-processed draft (pp. 1-10), revised by hand in pencil, without title. Begins: 'I was down to one friend, Keith, a former bank robber.'
- (6). 'Rent Boy'. Word-processed, pp. 1-11.
- (7). 'The Happy Detective'. Word-processed (3 sheets), with additions in pencil. (Cf. 'The Happy Detective', Walking to Hollywood, p. 246.)
- (8). 'Rough', re-titled 'A Bit of Smooth with the Rough'. Typed, pp. 1-3, revised by hand in pencil, together with a carbon copy (pp. 1-3) and 7 sheets of notes, some with post-it notes attached, suggesting [2005].
- (9). 'Any Shape, Any Size'. Typed, pp. 1-18, revised by hand in pencil.
- (10). 'Any Shape, Any Size'. Word-processed, pp. 1-8 single-spaced. Dated 2004.
- (11). Proof (not type-set) for 'Any Shape, Any Size'. E-mail message (1 sheet) from Voiceworks magazine (9 Feb 2005), plus pp. 1-14.
- (12). Type-set proof for 'Any Shape, Any Size', pp. 1-13. Publication not indicated, transmission dated 21 December 2006.
- (13). A single sheet of notes ('post-it' notes attached) for 'Any Shape, Any Size'.
- (14). 'Wystan'. Typed, pp. 1-9.
- (15). 'At the Adelphi'. Typed, pp. 1-10, revised by hand in pencil (correction fluid in places). Incomplete, ending mid-sentence. Together with carbon copy (pp. 1-10), and 1 sheet of notes (with 'post-it' notes attached).
- (16). Marked proof (folded A3 sheets) for 'Bunny' (Other Criteria, 2008), pp. 3-11. With slip referring to proof-reader's comments from Other Criteria.
- (17). 'A Report to the Minister'. Typed (pp. 1-9), together with a carbon copy (pp. 1-9). Dated 2009.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003359578
040-003367128 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89203 : The Papers of Will Self
Add MS 89203/2 : Will Self: Personal and Literary Papers
Add MS 89203/2/4 : Will Self: Fiction
Add MS 89203/2/4/58 : Will Self: Uncollected Short Fiction (2) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0006]/036-003359578[0058]/040-003367128
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1989
- End Date:
- 2008
- Date Range:
- [c 1994]-2008
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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