What W. H. Auden Can Do for You

I am not really a fan of Alexander McCall Smith; however, this book was recommended to me so I gave it a shot. All that I knew about Alden was that he was a poet and that I did not study any of his in High School nor college. I lean towards beat poetry or similar genres. This was not my cup of tea and I found the discussions of his poetry rather dreary and Mr Smith's writing was labourious. I know that their are those who might be interested in this book, but I am not one of them.