Oliver Watson is an overweight, dim witted, 12-year-old boy whose only joy in life is coming home to his mother's grilled cheese sandwiches. Actually this is just the cover that he uses to mask the fact that he is a malevolent genius and the third richest man in the world. Oliver runs his evil empire, unbeknownst to his parents, from a secret lair under his house. During school he is guarded by specially trained operatives that invisibly dispatch bullies, "motivate" the principal, and harass teachers for him. His life would be perfect if his father, unknowingly his arch nemesis, wasn't constantly reliving his glory days of becoming class president. Oliver sets out to embarass his father by proving that even an "imbecile" could become class president. Ultimately he finds out that it isn't so easy to get kids to vote for you, even if you do handpick your opponent and sabotage his campaign from the inside. Unexpectedly, losing the election helps him to discover that his father truly does love him and is proud of him regardless of his supposed lack of intellect.

This book is a quick, fun read. I think that teens, especially boys, will appreciate Oliver's sarcastic footnotes and the comical black and white pictures.