
This was a slow starter. I nearly gave up after the first few chapters, not quite being able to bear the incredible upper-class, public school feel of it — it feeling like a joke that I wasn’t quite getting. But I’m glad that I persevered, since there was a very good story in there once it got going. I’ve been told that it’s perhaps not the best Fry book to start with, so I’ll keep a look out for more of his work.