This memoir uses an interesting device. In 1962, Carkeet was sixteen when a trashy novel barely disguising his hometown and the people who lived there was published by the former English teacher. In this book, all the characters are easily identifiable and it created quite a stir. Carkeet's memoir of his own life compares and contrasts the characters from "Campus sexpot" by the former English teacher to the actual people in his small town of Sonora California. This works remarkably well and we find that young David is a "good" kid, even though it sometimes seems a strain. As in most coming of age stories and memoirs, his perspectives and comments are funny, not particularly self aware or maybe not aware much further than his self. I enjoyed this quick read and found myself smiling a lot as the racy fictional work was debunked by the author.
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