Will Self: ‘The novel is absolutely doomed’

The award-winning author, currently writing a memoir of his early years, on reading digitally and why he’s making a list of the female greatsWill Self is the author of 10 novels, five collections of short stories and several works of nonfiction, including The Quantity Theory of Insanity, Dorian and Walking to Hollywood. Phone is the final instalment of the trilogy that began with Umbrella and Shark and is out now in paperback (Viking, £8.99).Phone is the last in a 1,500-page trilogy