Bono writes memoir and activist nonfiction centred on music, faith, family and political campaigning. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story structures his life through forty U2 songs, using each as a route into childhood in Dublin, the band's development, marriage, religious belief and work on issues such as debt relief and HIV/AIDS. The book is episodic rather than a strict year-by-year history, and song titles provide the organising device. Bono's writing is expansive and self-reflective. Useful catalogue terms include rock memoir, U2, songwriting and celebrity autobiography with substantial political and spiritual material. Read more Less