Mia Levitin

More about my mother: Elaine, by Will Self, reviewed

We have already met versions of Self’s mother in his fiction, but here we have a detailed portrait – of her rages, frustrations, fantasies, panic attacks and – not least – extramarital affairs

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  • Elaine

    Will Self

    Grove Press, pp. 304, £18

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