In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
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> A pity, because I found it immensely entertaining, and very clever. I just loved the very special dry sense of humour.
I just didn't get the humour I'm afraid--and I found the book very superficial. It's a shame because I had heard such good things about it!
The Kindle forum I'm a member of had 100 Year Old man as its featured book this month, and opinion seems to be split 50/40, with half of the reviewers hating the book and half raving about it ... a Marmite book, I suppose.