It's possible that this autobiography would interest Watson's old colleagues and students, particularly those nursing a grudge or fearing a rebuke of some kind. I found the writing dry and rote. The other personalities in his life rarely have much life. He ends each chapter with a number of "lessons learned," which ostensibly can guide us in our own lives and careers. Except that I soon found the lessons to be common cliches about academic life and vague pontifications.
Worst of all is that Watson himself seems bored. Wasn't this a chore for him to write? So I abandoned the book a third of the way through.
Have taken up "Blind Date" by Jerzy Kosinski.
