Having this on my bookshelf, prominently placed, was a great way to rebel as a 16 year old, raised in an evangelical family. Pastor, or an uncle, or church yout

Having this on my bookshelf, prominently placed, was a great way to rebel as a 16 year old, raised in an evangelical family. Pastor, or an uncle, or church youth leader comes to visit? "What's your son got on his shelf here?" I mean, I read it, too, and it was great, but it was also great as a whole adolescent lifestyle package along with a bit of Nietzsche and Sartre and the Pixes and Janes Addiction albums with topless women on the covers, and The Cure on constant rotation on the tape deck. If only my own teenage children had such clear things to rebel against :-)