Molokov's Reviews > The Leaky Establishment

This book reminded me of those 1980's British farces, where the scenario just gets worse and worse, usually due to the protagonist's "clever" plans failing due to bad luck and not really being all that clever. Given that it's set (and written) in the 80's, this matches up, but the book itself has not aged well - not only the technology, but the social attitudes portrayed in this book seem incredibly dated. It's OK, just not something that had me laughing out loud - just like if I watched a classic 80's farce today I'd probably not find it very funny and quite discomforting - because that's what the humour of the time was like. This book belongs in the time and place it was released - 1980's Britain - and doesn't really hold up today.