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Title: A Step up from the `Guide to Life' books, solid, but few laugh out loud moments
Review: This is competent work, Barry riffing ably and amusingly on his life stage. I don't feel at all ripped off, but I didn't enjoy it as much asGreatest Hits- I think Barry is best in the column format, having the freedom to rove widely, and to occasionally go a bit surreal. It good, and occasionally laugh out loud good, but perhaps I'm a bit spoiled having read a few of his books now. He comes off better when I compare him to others rather than to himself.There is also a surprising couple of serious pages - the only ones I've read of his - a sort of an easter egg/DVD extra.
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