I really enjoyed this author’s new book, YOU ARE HERE, so thought I would give his first one a try. He’s a skilled guy, but for me it was a bit meh. This is partly I guess because he has grown as a writer, which is interesting to see. This one, like YOU ARE HERE, is lightly comic, but it has much less heart.
Perhaps also I was slightly put off by the subject matter, being an account of an awkward young man’s first year at university. Not that this is not good subject matter, but let’s be real, it’s been done a lot. Many authors historically have been men, and awkward men at that, so they’ve had a lot to tell us about that experience. So the bar is high. Side bar, I note I have also read many accounts of men losing their virginity to prostitutes. I have yet to read one by the prostitute. Any suggestions?