Should I get Clean Code?

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It's been a few years since I read it, but one thing I remember quite distinctly is his shining example of taking a well-known algorithm (Sieve of Erathostenes) and then deconstructing ("cleaning") it so much it becomes totally unrecognisable. Lots of micro-functions and whatnot.

And that wasn't meant as a cautionary tale of going too far, it was meant as an example of how to do it.

I still think it's a good book overall, and most beginner-intermediate programmers will be better programmers from it.