This book had some hilarious moments. The novel that Bird is working on, for example, is truly, truly awful. I cannot tell you how much I looked forward to the excerpts. How often do you get a character with a name like Rex "Stud" Something.

I found the parts with the wife (Mitzi) somewhat tiring, and more than a little predictable. In short, I felt the same way at the end of this book that I felt at the end of the original "Total Recall". Which may or may not be a spoiler.

I thought I saw where the book was going, and it turned out I was completely wrong. Didn't make me enjoy the book less, but it wasn't as clutch-your-sides funny as "The White House Mess".