Walking to Hollywood
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 Walking to Hollywood cover | |
| Author | Will Self |
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| Cover artist | Ralph Steadman |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Publication date | Hardback September 2010 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 448 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-7475-9844-2 |
Walking to Hollywood is a 2010 novel by writer and media personality Will Self. Self describes the novel as 'a cross between a comical farce and an intense misery memoir'. The novel is published by Bloomsbury in the U.K. and Grove Press in the U.S. It was mainly conceived whilst Self himself walked to Hollywood from Los Angeles Airport.
The sections of the book form a triptych. Each part of the book details a relation between the artist and his art, whether this be Sherman Oaks, a dwarf sculptor who makes gigantic statues, or Self's own voyage to discover the filmmakers responsible for tainting the form with CGI. The blurring between the factual elements of Self's life and opinions, Gonzo-esque embellishments, and the use of an unreliable narrator, makes a clear distinction between fact and falsity virtually impossible.
