I liked this, mainly because it was a Coupland classic, also because I am at the perfect age to empathise with the characters. But I kept pulling myself up short realising that this was written over 15 years ago, when I was still a nipper! It’s scary what hasn’t changed. I was thinking of it all in a 2007 context and then something would make me realise that this is older than that – like Andy remembering Vietnam or a microwave being the height of technology!

This is certainly not a slight on a good book, well written and still extremely relevant to twenty-somethings!