En attendant bojangles

En Attendant Bojangles by Olivier Bordeaut is one of the best books I have ever read. It tells the story of a young boy and his unorthodox childhood with his somewhat unconventional parents. Essentially, the mother has mental health issues and the father  The story jumps back to the initial meeting of his parents at a party and intermittently shows excerpts of his father's diary as an insight into his relationship with his wife.