Part memoir,A part essay collection,A Megan Dunn’s ingenious, moving,A hilariously personalA Things I Learned at Art SchoolA tells the story of her early life and coming-of-age in New Zealand in the ‘70s,A '80s and '90s. From her single mother’s love life to her Smurf collection,A from the mean girls at school to the mermaid movieA Splash,A from her work in strip clubs and massage parlours (and one steak restaurant) to the art school of the title,A this is a dazzling,A killer read from a contemporary voice of comic brilliance.