Acidic, humorous, intolerant of bullshit. A little nerdiness verging on academia in parts, but never detracting from how enjoyable this is.

One of the great ones. On a very short list. The ultimate American book, about violence and war and death and the pitiless frontier. Is there a more irredeemable character than the Judge? Well, maybe Baron Harkonnen. It's close. But Bloo...

Talking animals, an egg man, impenetrable Welsh. This was lovely.

I'm a 46 year-old man who lives in a neighbourhood where people yell at each other on the street. This is a book about an exclusive (or perhaps just expensive) boarding school where the teenage girls act like deranged playwrights for som...