Autobiography / memoir

Casey Kasem, the author's radio companion throughout his troubled teenage years, summed up the approach to this book with his famous byline: "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars." The Rod of Iron brings the author's gut-wrenching emotional, intellectual, and spiritual journey to a startling conclusion. Across this trilogy the author carefully, and in a hugely entertaining way, documents the unexpected twists and turns of an obsessive quest for coherence. "Truthy," superficial answers would not do.