A work of pure genius, 15 Mar 2002
If anyone has seen the comedy Yes Minister or Yes Prime Minister, they will know that it is one of the cleverest and wittiest comedy series ever written. This book is no different. The authors have carefully reconstructed each episode as a collection of memoirs together with internal documents and recollections, piecing together each event as if it were a piece of history. In doing so, they have included just about every detail and in doing so, preserve the humour to full effect. I found it at least as enjoyable as the TV programme - it gives you time to appreciate the humour more, especially when Sir Humphrey says one of his paragraph-long sentences which could be rephrased in a few words. I can thoroughly recommend the book to anyone, whether they have seen the series or not. Buy it NOW, not "in the fullness of time", "in due course", "at the appropriate juncture", etc. etc.