โ Scribed by Benjamin Anastas
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Meet William, a devout underachiever. He enters life as the firstborn of identical twin boys. It is the last time he will beat his overachieving brother Clive, or anyone else for that matter, at anything. This is William's manifesto for the underachiever. It is the chronicle of a lifetime of failure'part diary and part handbook for self-defeat. At once corrosively funny and surprisingly tender, An Underachiever's Diary is a classic tale of perverse perseverance. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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