_____________________From the Oscar-nominated screenplay writer of the British cult classic Withnail & I_____________________The basis for the film A Fantastic Fear of Everything, this black comedy novella tells the story of a writer who has become gripped by paranoia as a result of researching serial killers, and who has a phobia of launderettes. A call from his literary agent, a possible plot on his life and a disastrous trip to the launderette ensue.This satirical, darkly comic journey into the mind of an eccentric psychotic etches at the heart of fear itself.