'A feel-good extravaganza nourishing both heart & mind What unites the stories are the twin ideas that an advantage can sometimes be a disadvantage & that a disadvantage can sometimes be an advantage Yet there is something more powerful & more uplifting that links them' Kate Kellaway Financial Times'I devoured in a single reading' Richard E Grant' When you read it you feel like you can topple giants' Jon Ronson' An energetic counterintuitive exploration of why (and how) underdogs succeed' Lisa Appignanesi Guardian Books of the Year' Breathtaking' The New York Times' Truly intriguing & inspiring' Los Angeles Times