'Queenan skewers the vanity of the unexamined mind every time... [his] targets may be American, but he hits them with all the alluringly familiar accuracy and rage of Kingsley Amis or Auberon Waugh. Oh for more like them - and him.' Sunday Telegraph, Seven 'A hilarious and trenchantly accusatory dismissal of a generation's underachievement, self-importance and refusal to grow up.' Metro Life 'Balsamic Dreams makes for a diverting and often amusing read' Ireland on Sunday 'This book reads like an extended stand-up routine' Mail on Sunday