Tom Scott's biography is pretty intimidating - columnist, cartoonist, political journalist, TV drama and documentary writer, film writer, playwright, author, and now memoirist. This hilarious and brilliantly written autobiography chronicles his life, from his tragic-comic childhood, student newspaper days, years as a political journalist and commentator, and later years as a successful collaborator on more projects than it's possible to summarise. He's a stunningly funny writer, but he can turn on the tears as well. A classic New Zealand memoir, with crucial portraits of many kiwi characters such as Robert Muldoon, David Lange, John Clarke, Murray Ball and others.