* cep writes the book harper lee could not in 150 pages then tells story of harper lee's writer's block

another dud...hard to follow, hard to care

genius boy seeks father...I didn't get it...484 pages

not scientific, but thought-provoking...it does have that malcolmgladwellian stink

depressing...not recommended...loser takes antidepressants and spirals downward...

* good poem on decline of academia, funny title

** Unless you're a Lipsyte "completist" like I am, this is not the novel to start with (read "The Ask"). The story is pretty much without interest (is this really about Kurt Cobain?) and the characters are cardboard cutouts, but his sentences are, as usual, excellent: funny, witty, insightful.