Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?
Essays
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020, ©2020.
Format: Book
Description: vi, 432 pages ; 23 cm
Jenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own diagnosis with cancer. Her columns in the London Review of Books -- selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, ranged from subjects as various as happiness, social psychology, self-absorption and cats -- have been described as 'virtuoso performances', and 'small masterpieces'.
Other Authors:
Wilmers, Mary-Kay, writer of introduction.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Moving day.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Good Housekeeping.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. He could afford it.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Stinker.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Natural death centre.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Sweetie pies.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Feeling for ice.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Girl in the attic.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Mrs Straus's devotion.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Did Jesus walk on water because he couldn't swim?
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Perfectly human.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Stinking rich.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. My little lollipop.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Don't think about it.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Fashion as art.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. It wasn't him, it was her.
Wilmers, Mary-Kay, writer of introduction.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Moving day.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Good Housekeeping.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. He could afford it.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Stinker.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Natural death centre.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Sweetie pies.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Feeling for ice.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Girl in the attic.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Mrs Straus's devotion.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Did Jesus walk on water because he couldn't swim?
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Perfectly human.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Stinking rich.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. My little lollipop.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Don't think about it.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. Fashion as art.
Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny. It wasn't him, it was her.
Contents:
Moving day -- Good Housekeeping -- He could afford it -- Stinker -- Th natural death centre -- Sweetie pies -- A feeling for ice -- The girl in the attic -- Mrs Straus's devotion -- Did Jesus walk on water because he couldn't swim? -- Perfectly human -- Stinking rich -- My little lollipop -- Don't think about it -- Fashion as art -- It wasn't him, it was her -- XXX -- Mirror images -- My word, Miss Perkins -- The housekeeper of a world-shattering theory -- The Friendly spider programme -- Tunnel vision -- Not enjoying herself -- Staying awake -- The Khugistic scandal -- Toxic lozenges -- Never mainline -- Which one of you is Jesus? -- Zeitgeist man -- I haven't been nearly mad enough -- However I smell -- Post-its, push pins, pencils -- A diagnosis.
ISBN:
9781526621900
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LITERATURE Essays Dis | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
"First published in Great Britain 2020"--Title page verso.