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For a humour novel, this one isn't all that funny. The jokes are predictable and none too subtle. The author tries too hard to be witty but often fails. What's more annoying is the author's tendency to go into tangents about whatever English history he feels inclined to plunge into in the middle of a narrative. The humour is often forced, so are the main character's contemplations of nature, philo... read more