“…a hilarious, angry and sympathetic portrait of boys behaving badly, teeming with sadistic bullies, imperfect heroes, adolescent onanists and ice-cream gorging hedonists.’— The West Australian”
“I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy...”
“It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.”
“. . . and even the worst ice cream is better than no ice cream.”
“If your arteries are good, eat more ice cream. If they are bad, drink more red wine. Proceed thusly.”
“It's hilarious to recognize how completely another person resembles your imperfect self.”