‘What a self-depreciating, funny, moving, entertaining read it is … Can cynicism really be so simply out-argued? Can a book really be so analytical and high-kicking, so fragile and defiant at the same time? A…truly altruistic piece of modern thought, this wonderfully clever books gives its whole self, flings its arms out in a rainy street like a wonderful diva. Brava.’

Ali Smith, The Times ‘Required Reading’