A cynic in the world never runs out of material, and Auslander doesn’t always hone or organize it well. But the persistent blackness of the book’s black comedy makes the tiny shafts of light in the latter chapters shine that much brighter..

A dark, daffy chronicle of failure and disappointment.

Poignant, profane, and scabrously funny..

Sad-but-funny.

[Auslander] is juvenile, sarcastic, outrageous and not only one of the funniest but one of the most profoundly moral writers I know.

Blends both a sense of despair and a self-deprecating whimsy.

Poignant if scattered.