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I was compelled through the book because I wanted to read about Greg's accomplishment, but I have to agree with the one reviewer who said it was the worst writing he's read in a long time,and I also agree with the review that said it waslike trying to watch a movie behind a tall person. I have no idea why this book was co-authored, David Renlin's rambling completely got in the way. "A dollar an hour to rent the old IBM Selectric seemed reasonable,but after five hours at downtown Berkeley's Krishna Copy Center, he'd only finished four letters." Seriously, the last time I read so much detail given to such minutia, I was a freshman in college reading my boyfriend's novel. WHERE WAS THE EDITOR??!?! I understand that such an accomplishment is inspiring, but that does not negate that the storytelling should be up to snuff. Lots of folks will confuse the story with the writing,but it boils down to a solid story with horrible writing. It's really embarrassing to read after a while! Also,I don't understand why a college educated man wrote 580 letters asking for money instead of getting off his duff and working? That was weird. The chapter where he meets his wife drowns in corn syrup. I, too, got married after my first date and have been married for over twenty years,so no sour grapes, there...just more preposterous, unnecessarily aggrandizing dreck. Really ghastly! I try never to write a bad review, but I seriously felt the need to protect other readers who actually care about prose the cost of this book. Read a magazine article or listen to a radio interview instead. If you actually can finish this blather, it will be as if you climbed a mountain. A long, boring mountain.