His tale of an illegitimate member of the squirearchy earning his inheritance by increasingly nasty methods is both inventive and pacy New Statesman Romp about one of natures gentlemen making his innocent and ruthless way through the jungle of contemporary sex, VAT, law and order, etc- savage, knock-about farce Observer Black humour, comic anarchy at its best Sunday Times Crazy, but is all done with a savage delight which will have you laughing out loud Daily Mirror He is funny, bitter, a danger to his public and should be applauded wildly by all The Listener