Welcome to the age of the new economist. Most of us still think economics is about money, argued over by fusty old men in the parliaments or banks of the world in their own language about inflation, unemployment and exports.

Australian readers might not be familiar with Double Shot’s protagonist. Faith Zanetti is a hard-drinking, no-nonsense war correspondent who’s more comfortable crawling around battle zones than the threat of a stable relationship with the father of her infant son.

A companion piece to his son Nic’s memoir Tweak, Beautiful Boy is David Sheff’s story of dealing with a son going through crystal meth addiction. From feeling partly responsible to watching his son’s life crumble, Sheff’s account is more measured and literary.