Sweet Smell of Psychosis

Sweet Smell of Psychosis Synopsis

A brief and brilliant satire of magazine hacks and fashionistas, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis shows Will Selfa writer hailed by Time as brilliant, iconoclastic . . . one of Britains most original young writersat the top of his form. It looks like its going to be quite a Christmas for Richard Hermes, powdered with cocaine and whining with the white noise of urban derangement. Not so much enfolded as trapped in the bosom of the most venal media clique in London, Richard is losing it on all fronts: hes losing his heart to Ursula Bentley, a nubile and vacuous magazine columnist; hes in danger of losing his job at the pretentious listings magazine Rendezvous; hes losing his mind courtesy of Colombias chief illegal export; and, worst of all, hes losing his soul . . . to the king-of-all-media and sinister purveyor of opportunitiessexual, chemical, and professionalknown only as Bell. Murky, paranoid, and hilarious, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis is Will Self at his best.