Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

''Higher education comes at exactly the right time: in the twilight of your teens, you''re just starting to coagulate as a human being, to pull away from parental influence and find your own feet. What better than three years in which to explore the inner you, establish a feasible worldview, and maybe get on Blockbusters.''

After an idyllic provincial 1970s childhood, the 1980s took Andrew Collins ...