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And Now All This

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This sort-of-a-sequel to "1066 And All That" is more of the same, and since the first book was a brilliant assault on all things serious, you get more puns, absurdities and satiric riffs on academe and its stupidities. Not limited to history this time, the boys go after child-rearing, food... well, everything. It's all very silly, and gloriously so.

In short: If this is the kind of thing you like, you'll like this.

Anyone blessed with a sense of the absurd, a love of words and/or a disdain for pomposity stands a good chance of enjoying this gloriously silly book. All the more so if you enjoyed '1066 And All That' by the same authors - especially if, like me, you were frustrated by your lack of background in English history; no such information is required here. It does help if you spent 12 years of schooling staring constructively into space, though.