An Underachiever's Diary Book

The tale of twins. One is the golden boy, bright, he has it going from the time he's born. The other, the author of this book, is always ill, a late bloomer, a bit of a dullard. Outside of one test in grade school, where the second is tested as smarter than the first, the second twin really never wins. This is the story mostly of that second twin, going with the flow, optimizing his underachiever life trajectory. You can tell the story itself is a downer. It is. I did not appreciate the story or the character. But some of the lines in this book are the funniest sentences I have read. A typical description: "Underneath a tree on the grounds of the Divinity School I failed to kiss Missy Aronson, a submissive girl with shingles (chronic pain informed the corners of her smile). She hated me quietly, and refused my offer to walk her home. " If you like that kind of writing, you will like this book. I did.