The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History (Harper Perennial)

Subtitled, "A Personal History". Jonathan Franzen, named one of the best American novelists under forty by "Granta" and the "New Yorker", tells his own personal story of growing up in 1970s America. His betselling "The Corrections" will be reissued with a new cover to coincide with the paperback publication of his memoirs. 'Franzen's memoir is cleverly written and often fun to read... He's funny and self deprecating...' "Sunday Telegraph"