That's Me in the Corner

Fast approaching his fortieth birthday, Andrew is cornered at a family gathering by the nine-year-old son of his brother-in-law''s sister. Having seen him as a talking head on TV, the boy asks, ''What are you?'' It is a question so frank and simple that Andrew doesn''t have an immediate answer to hand.

So, with hilarious self-deprecation, he sets out to retrace how he got to where he is today. Seve...