Ever ready to confound expectations, this book tells the story of who Brian Eno is not by recounting his life but in a more subtle and intimate way; he gives you his diary from a year in his life. You come to know his tastes, his interests, his sense of humor, his way of thinking, his fears, his joys. The man is complex and not without contradictions. While reading someone else's diary may seem a bit creepy and big-brotherish, and while this one may have its slow points, it is ultimately as honest a revelation of the man as we are ever likely to see. Just as integral to the book is his "swollen appendices", a collection of his correspondences, speeches and stories. What makes the man so compelling to me is his incisive critical thinking; this is someone who enjoys and is quite good at thinking, an increasingly rare commodity in today's society.