Sebastian Faulks is one of our finest living authors, a writer whose work has often explored the fragility of human sanity and how easily it can unravel . . . A wise and heartfelt piece of writing * The Times * Intriguing, fascinating and enlightening . . . filled with gratitude and charm, but also full of evidence of the endless curiosity that is every great novelists weapon of choice -- Nick Duerden * i Paper * A wonderful portrait of an age, and of a writer -- RORY STEWART, author of Politics on the Edge Utterly fascinating -- DAVID KYNASTON, author of A Northern Wind Shot through with the kind of depth and detail that can only come from a masterful writer finally turning his pen to his own life. Fresh, wise and finely-wrought -- ALICE WINN, author of In Memoriam As charming and funny in schoolboy episodes as he is thought-provoking in the darker environs of mental health, Sebastian Faulks is always resonant, civilised and sane -- MARK KNOPFLER Entertaining . . . It ends with a beautiful tribute to his father, a modest, genuine war hero * The Times *
