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Title: All is Lost, Indeed
Review: I ordered this on the faith of the title, but reached the last pages (at least I reached them) rather... lost.Often spiteful, occasionally prurient, more often than not off topic, it is a poor catalogue of gripes and complaints. We are treated, amongst other things, to an exhaustive list of the author's gadgets (only the ones he can see, mind you, one assumes there are more, stuffed in closets) and an alphabetical arrangment of griefs with annoying cross-refernces in pure hyper-link style.(Doubtlessly to better hide the cobbled-together themes; when in doubt, arrange it all from a to z...) Little effort at sustaining any kind of reflexion on the nature of things lost, just an underlying malcontent.There are some very good pages, he would be well inspired to take the 12 best entries and rewrite the book.Perhaps what the author most regrets losing is his own Childhood Lost. Goodness knows it's never happened to anyone else.John HOWE
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