Man Book Club October

From the Sydney Writers Festival

If you’re afraid of a 400-page Will Self tome, don’t be put off! It may seem a tough slog but it’s worth the investment to read what The Guardian described as Self’s best novel. About the book Umbrella sets out to understand the nature of the modern world by going back to the source – the industrial madness of World War One. Set across an entire century, Umbrella follows the complex story of Audrey Death, a feminist who falls victim to the encephalitis lethargica epidemic that rages across Europe, and Dr Zack Busner, who spends a summer waking the post-encephalitic patients under his care using a new and powerful drug. - Courtesy of The Man Booker Prize. About the author If you’re also keen to hear how Will Self deals with ‘everythingitis', read an interview with The Guardian here, published just days before his longlisting. Want to hear Will Self read from Umbrella? Click here. Or to find out more about this book, check out the extra information at Allen & Unwin here. Our friends at the Man Booker have also provided reading notes here.