relatively short book that still manages to be a slog to get through! a jumble of words with no substantial plot or characterization beyond "this guy lies and lisps" and "this girl is in the closet". nothing really happens that i can bring myself to care about, even the bomb threats and the ending. none of the new words i discovered in it managed to stick with me thanks to how obscure they were. redeeming factor: the fact that this man just pretended to have a lisp because he was tired of talking to people was a promising premise at the beginning!