After seeing a feature story on NBC with the author, David Finch, I was intrigued by this guy’s story. Finch has Asperger Syndrome (a mild of Autism) which makes him antisocial, almost completely void of empathy and basically a freak show when it comes to following routines. His behavior is destroying his marriage until his wife, an autism professional, diagnoses him. The book outlines his past outlandish behavior and how he goes about methodically changing his approach to life (partially by documenting his realizations and rules in his “journal of best practices”). The book didn’t offer a lot more than the feature story and it felt a bit redundant by the end – I get it already, you are selfish and odd and must work extremely hard to modify your inborn instincts. I was originally interested in the book because I shared some of his tendencies – a need for routine, liking to eat and wear the same things, preferring to stay in instead of going out – but this guy is on a totally different level of weird. He knows it, and his candor and wit brings an entertaining voice to the book.