It is staggering that this book received any attention at all - apart from the opening chapter, the tone is boring, moaning, whining. There is brilliant writing in the first part, the picture of family life is reminiscent of Frantzen's Corrections and its a pity the rest of the book's writing doesn't match up to this. I got 2/3 through but after the rambling and incredibly pointless interview for the MTV show I gave up. Not recommended.