The narrator's philosophy of life is both bleak and unforgiving. And since we experience this world through her-tinted glasses, it doesn't matter that her sister is Holly Golightly, or that her best friend is Cameron Diaz, or that her teacher is that guy from Battle Royale. What matters is that I bought the book half price on offer with Charlie Wilson's War, and if I had the time over, I'd have bought a second copy of Charlie Wilson's War. Full price.