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BOOK REVIEW
WITH FELIX LATIMER
Nepotism, in principle, is a terrible thing, which is why, in principle, it pains me to write the following review. Were it not for the fact that Eddie de Oliveira’s father and I shared a FAX machine during the heady days of Sir Peregrine Worsthorne’s reign at The Telegraph, I wouldn’t have given this book a second glance.
Eddie, like his father, turns out to be an impetuous whelp and has taken it upon himself to move to Stockholm. As a favour to de Oliveira senior, I have engaged Eddie in researching my new book, an activity for which he shows very little talent or commitment. It then transpires that he has himself been published.
Naturally, I only skim read his work, but this was enough to give me an overall feel for the piece. Set in London, Eddie has not only made the protagonist an American, but has failed to capture any of the architectural splendour or wealth of history that is the essence of that great capital.
If you read only one book this year, then it’s probably worth waiting for the publication of my examination of Ethelred the Unready. If you fancy some light reading about a skateboarding Texan who ‘finds himself’ in London, then read Johnny Hazzard.
Let’s hope his residence in Sweden gives him a greater sense of the aesthetic.
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