Girls Like Funny Boys has been released as a cheap ebook on Amazon US & UK.

Now this novel is getting one fun ride. I think people expect some sort of cutesy book about a funny boy when in actual fact it's a tale about an immature, self-centred boy laced with sexual obsession, rape, porn, masturbation, dismal sex with Asian hookers and inappropriate Bert Newton appearances.

In other words the book - especially the prologue - is a study in misogyny. My intent was to capture the intensity, ugliness and selfishness of male sexual desire and how a character such as Johnny sees Gina as a collection of bits 'to be hunted down and possessed' rather than as a real person with real feelings.

The reviews are already so mixed that it's pointless reading them. Then again, anyone who takes notice of a review is a fool. Nothing can be proved about art - its merit is just a personal response. Awards, sales, the critics, what your best mate or mum thinks - all meaningless. A 'good' book is simply a book you like while a 'bad' book is one you dislike. Have you seen that Metacritic website? It gathers together an arbitrary handful of newspaper reviews for a movie or CD or whatever and then somehow turns them into number out of one hundred. What hilarious horseshit.

Although obviously I am the exception and can provide convincing evidence (with the aid of some plasticine, an etch-a-sketch and a Rubik's Cube) that all my books are great.