Oh Sunnyside I am so disappointed. I was so looking forward to reading you. Carter Beats the Devil was one of my favourite books of all time, and now even that book has been sullied by how boring I am finding you. Did I really like it or was I imagining it? You are so pretentious, so self-aware, so want-to-be-in-with-the-cool-California-writers. I can barely stand it. I am going to persevere, because I really hope you will come good eventually, but for now I have put you down in favour of Alain de Botton’s Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, which I am finding extremely enjoyable.