Vidal's hair also look terrible but what he offers on field is totally different.
It's a good book, it shares plenty of useful and interesting info how to make your life better and ignoring the materialism. It shows many aspects of the life, errors and roads to follow. It's very interesting and easy to read, it can be finished in 2 days literally.
There are like 200+ Star Wars books from what I've heard. The one I'm reading is the first one when you look at the story-line, but the latest it good published. Why? Because I don't mind reading sci-fi, it has interesting lore and it's amusing. I also can't wait to see the new movie, although I'm not a huge fan of the previous ones.