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Why didn't you just do what you were told? : essays / Jenny Diski ; [introduction by Mary-Kay Wilmers].

Diski, Jenny, (author.). Wilmers, Mary-Kay, (writer of introduction.). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Moving day. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Good Housekeeping. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : He could afford it. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Stinker. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Natural death centre. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Sweetie pies. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Feeling for ice. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Girl in the attic. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Mrs Straus's devotion. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Did Jesus walk on water because he couldn't swim? (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Perfectly human. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Stinking rich. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : My little lollipop. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Don't think about it. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Fashion as art. (Added Author). Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : It wasn't him, it was her. (Added Author).

Summary:

"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'." -- Front jacket flap.

Record details

ISBN: 9781526621900
ISBN: 1526621908
ISBN: 1526621940
ISBN: 9781526621948
Physical Description: vi, 432 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: London ; Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

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.