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Scale

Will Self

‘Some people lose their sense of proportion; I've lost my sense of scale.‘

Some people lose their sense of proportion; I’ve lost my sense of scale.

Fiction
The Online Edition
1st July 1993
Fiction
The Online Edition
1st July 1993

Will Self

Will Self is the author of numerous novels, including The Book of Dave. In 1993 he was named as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists.

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