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.

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: 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.