You know what you're going to get and he doesn't disappoint. A few one-liners in here remind you just how good Frankie Boyle can be at his best. The few pages on Osama Bin Laden has a dozen of them. But overall, reading this book is never going to be a life affirming experience. ( )

Whilst some of the material in here will be familiar to anyone who has seen Frankie Boyle on TV recently, this book is an entertaining read. The thematic chapters provide a container for a series of jokes (some of which, it has to be said, are funny), but they are linked by a more developed narrative which actually shows that Boyle could be a decent comic writer, instead of just a comic who writes books.

Very light reading, apart from occasional flashes of insight - which I wish he would develop a bit more. ( )