Caradoc King was adopted by a complex woman, who was unable to bond with her newly adopted son and treated him badly. After scraping into Oxford he met Philip Pullman who was to become his first client when he set up as a literary agent. Thirty years later, Caradoc went in search of his natural family.
This book really made me angry as the author actually struck me as an ungrateful whiny brat. I kept reading hoping it would get better, but I ended up regretting the few hours I spent on it.