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The Moon’s a Balloon

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Metadata

  • Author: [[David Niven]]
  • Full Title: The Moon’s a Balloon
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Review

Well, that was an absolute hoot. I practically inhaled this book. Funny and witty throughout, with the odd touching moment for good measure, and a book that doesn’t dawdle. Thoroughly recommended, especially to those who have fallen off the reading bandwagon and need the literary equivalent of rocket fuel to get back into reading.

Rating

★★★★★

Highlights

But if, Dear Reader, you should think that I was a victim of circumstances, a magnet for bad luck, or just plain ‘hardly done by’, I beg you also to consider the possibility that I was a thoroughly poisonous little boy. (Location 332)

‘A good time’ she had said – it had to be at least a ginger beer and listening to the gramophone (Location 562)

‘Posh’ – I soon learned the origin of the word: Port Out Starboard Home, and it summed up the suburban snobbery of my shipmates whose supreme status symbol was a cabin on the shady side of the ship. (Location 1028)

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