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246 3 a| Why did not you just do what you were told?;

246 3 a| Why did you not just do what you were told?;

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300 a| vi, 432 pages ;c| 23 cm;

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520 a| 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'.;

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

Author/creator	Diski, Jenny author.
Format	Book
Publication	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
Description	vi, 432 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	English essays--21st century.

Other author/creator	Wilmers, Mary-Kay, writer of introduction.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Moving day.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Good Housekeeping.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : He could afford it.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Stinker.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Natural death centre.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Sweetie pies.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Feeling for ice.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Girl in the attic.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Mrs Straus's devotion.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Did Jesus walk on water because he couldn't swim?
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Perfectly human.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Stinking rich.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : My little lollipop.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Don't think about it.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : Fashion as art.
Other author/creator	Diski, Jenny. Container of (work) : It wasn't him, it was her.
Variant title	Why did not you just do what you were told?
Variant title	Why did you not just do what you were told?
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.
Abstract	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'.
Genre/form	Essays.
Genre/form	Essays.
ISBN	9781526621900 hardcover
ISBN	1526621908 hardcover
ISBN	1526621940
ISBN	9781526621948

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