The last page of this book chides the reader for actually reading all the way to the end. If you paid attention, all you had to do was skim through and note the important points. This is a humor book on faking your way to class and maturity, but I was still turned off by the young male viewpoint and "hey dudes, follow this advice and get laid" attitude. ( )

This book is an instructive guide on how to be much more well read and cultured than you are. While it is satirical, it really does lay out methods. From etiquette to interviews to religion and more, it is exhaustive in breadth, but thankfully focuses just a few paragraphs. For example, how to be on a date at an art museum and not look like a total idiot.

A quick and mildly funny read. Surprisingly good illustrations make the tired, instructive prose more energetic. This is not literature, and it's not as funny as you'll find from the best university student satire and lampoon. However, it's passable and enjoyable if you read it in one sitting. As the author states so well, "You made it all the way to the end! Did you read every page carefully? You did? Jesus, were you not paying attention at all? All you really needed to do was skim through..." In the rank of books this is not going to be memorable but perhaps it will help the odd hundred people swim with the sharks. ( )