Title: Buy a stapler instead
Product review: There's a trick with a stapler in this book's illustrations, and it pretty much sums up Eggers's writing strategy. That is: he shows you a drawing of a stapler, then admits it's a shameless grab for attention (look! he can draw a stapler!). If you fall for it, you're impressed by how honest he is about trying to distract you with a drawing of a stapler. If you don't fall for it, you realize that it doesn't matter whether Eggers admits the stapler is a ploy: it's still just a dumb drawing of a stapler. This book is the stapler; I didn't fall for it.
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