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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good fun, but not as inspired as its predecessors, 6 Nov 2003
If you've not read any of the Bandy Papers yet, don't start here - buy Three Cheers for Me and read that. Once you've read one, it's difficult not to read the others. See you here soon.Although there are some flashbacks to Bandy's bizarre Russian escapades, for the most part he is on his home turf in Me Too, causing chaos in his parents' home town of Gallop, and then moving on to Ottawa as an M.P. Those who know the series will know what to expect - a mixture of naivety, misplaced good intentions, and plain old bad judgement embroil Bandy in various unfortunate circumstances...he makes powerful enemies, powerless or fickle friends, and generally blunders around oblivious to the effect he is having on the world. Unbearable yet utimately lovable, Jack's skill throughout this series has been the balance of his protagonist's awful and endearing attributes. This volume is notably more wordy than the previous instalments, and the prose loses some of its sparkle as a result. Too much introspection on Bandy's part slows down the pace of the narrative, and the payoffs to some of the awkward situations are a little weaker than they could have been. Nevertheless, there are the usual classic and memorable moments, including a very funny scene where Bandy ends up cycling around his parents' house so that the bicycle won't be seen, and Bandy as an M.P. is something that we would only wish on Canada in fiction. Read it, but not before you read the previous four volumes (Three Cheers For Me, That's Me In The Middle, It's Me Again, and Me Bandy, You Cissie) - each one of which is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.
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