From the inside front cover;



                      This Book would like to be respectfully dedicated to


                           Charles  ‘tis pity he’s no gentleman’ Dickens


                                  &


                              Benjamin ‘Earl of Beaconsfield’ Disraeli



This Book has very strong opinions about who it wouldn’t like to be dedicated to.

But having dizzying rectitude, it’s keeping quiet.

    From the back cover;



‘I liked the beginning.’ – This Book’s Uncle


‘I liked the end.’ – This Book’s Aunt


‘I liked all of it.’ – This Book’s Pet Spider


‘I didn’t like any of it.’ – A. Wood-Pigeon

‘A searing indictment of...’ well allsorts of things, but as this Book hates cliches, it denies that hotly. All it’s trying to do is to...er...have a few indictments handy in case anybody might just want to indict anybody...about anything....y’know....