The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker

The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker is a collection of Will Self's Real Meals column for the "New Statesman". Covering such things as London Cheesecake, Pizza Express, ready meals and fast food cuisine. The title is a play on Milan Kundera's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being".
Content.
The collection of columns covers a variety of non-traditional culinary experiences to provide a counterpoint to the more idealistic style of food reviewing. Self's stated aim for the column was as follows:
Reviews.
Benedicte Page writing for "The Guardian" observed...
"...it sees Self take an entertaining trip around the less celebrated of our eateries while dissecting his own fast-food addictions."