richard told him that albert humbert , whose nickname was albert the blob , was the fattest boy in school , and jack could believe it ; his room contained an amazing variety of junk food - it was the stash of a kid whose worst nightmare is n't getting cut from the basketball team or flunking a trig test but rather waking up in the night and not being able to find a ring-ding or a reese 's peanut butter cup .