I am about to spend the next two years of my life living in Bamenda, Cameroon doing volunteer work for an AIDS charity.

I've already been told that TV is out and nightlife is scarce. With this in mind, I've already uploaded four series of The Wire to my Ipod and I am stockpiling books.

What I need are book reccommendations - particularly music based books.

I do recall that on the podcast they mentioned a great book by one of Elvis Costello's entourage (an Attraction perhaps?) can anyone remember the name and the author?

Other than that - any great books you think I should read.

I won't be in Cameroon for another month but you can follow my adventures here www.ourmanincameroon.com