This book is a riveting investigation of what it means to love music & what it means to hate music both of good & bad taste. Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz & plastic yet to those who love her no one could be more real with her impoverished childhood her manager-husbands struggle with cancer her knack for howling out raw emotion. Theres nothing cool about Celine Dion & nothing clever. Thats part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred
- with most critics & committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty contempt. This book documents Carl Wilsons brave & unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner Celine Dion fan & explores how we define ourselves in the light of what we call good & bad what we love & what we hate.