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Title: Delightful.
Review: Although not fully communicated by its title, Wilson was after something with as much substance and seriousness as capriciousness. For starters, this isn't a book. It's a broadside. It's no shorter than 8 pages (if memory serves) but not longer than twenty. It's a chimeral analysis of polarities and dependencies, systems that are flawed at their very core but wouldn't exist in any other state (viz. without Laurel, Hardy would never find himself if the "fixes" he does and Hardy would have no 'life' without Laurel...) Ultimately, this is a funny little tome with an almost reluctantly serious edge; well worth owning for the sheer delight of pulling it off your bookshelf in the company of a group of Colin Wilson fans who are "absolutely" certain they're familiar with all his writings. You get to say, "Oh, yeah? Ever read this one?" You can bet money one of those folks will plop right down in the nearest chair and read it on the spot. Count the giggles.
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