Will Self’s novel Cock, part I of Cock & Bull, is a bizarre tale that follows the transformation
of Carol as she grows a penis. Self takes us into a surreal world of clashing
genders. We let Carol take us through the story, at first a quiet and tame
young woman who undergoes the subliminal process of becoming a man “to counter
the masculine cultural hegemony” (4). Unlike any other narration, in Cock Self plays with the malleability of
the human body as he skillfully dives into the murky waters of hermaphroditism
with violently shocking results.
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