being a book about Alvin, Frannie, Dolby, Brian, Belinda (doing eighty), Tyra the Beautiful, Connor f***ing Livingstone, Stephen King, Pink Floyd, peach schnapps (and lemonade), hope, dreams, Scotland, death-defying driving, Goodfellas, Irn-Bru, tenpin bowling, FHM, love and money, Alvin's Dad, American Psycho, car-crashes, paranoia, The Lord of the Rings, U2, infinity, Brian's nipples, noddies, text-messages, barmaids, virginity, Radiohead, The X-Men, exams, Frannie's patter, the death of punk, Tom Cruise, night-club bouncers, Falkirk High School, Clive Barker, the emptiness at the heart of it all, weapons, Spider-Man, Han Solo, a desolate future in which no-one loves anyone else, Hotel California, the universe, Blur, Prontaprint Lisa, and everything under the sun is in tune, as the sun is eclipsed by the moon. "Bissett is one of the new wave of young Scots writing talent not seen since the early Nineties." The Herald "One of the best things I've read in ages" - Ali Smith.