The Cheese Stealer's Handbook

The Buddist term "shoshaku jushaku" describes life as "one continuous mistake." Taking this phrase extremely literally is the author who writes under the pen name of Shoshaku Jushaku, whose first book, The Cheese Stealer’s Handbook, catalogues his mistakes in excruciating detail. From his troubles with women and roommates to his own inner demons — all of which he mercilessly attempts to drown out with copious amounts of drugs and alcohol — Jushaku’s book is a witty, poignant and honest memoir of an individual struggling to find his way in the world.