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Mewsician
Jan 09, 2012Mewsician rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I guess there's a new category of fiction, called "painfully funny." If so, this book is absolutely in. If you don't the humor, I suppose the book will just be painful; certainly there is enough misery, and even self-inflicted violence, for that. But, come on! Isn't the author a Brit, and aren't the Brits just ace at understated humor? Isn't that why we love them so much? This family has a boatload of problems so we can enjoy all their foibles as they negotiate their lives. It's charming and winning and makes you realize you could be worse off.