The critics were down on the author as an absurd bungler.

评论家把那位作家攻击为荒谬的拙劣作者。

Should he fail, he will find himself swiftly transformed from wished-for saviour into yet another inadequate bungler.

如果他失败了，他会发现自己的形象将很快从众人期待的救世者，转变为又一个无能的冒失鬼。