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Your correspondent's affection for both his late aunts and great aunts renders a review of this book somewhat biased, yet for sheer entertainment it is peerless.
It is also unique. Sporting such chapters as Literary Aunts, Mothering Aunts, Exotics and Eccentrics and even X-Rated Aunts, this priceless little tome packs punch in inverse proportion to its size, which is simply custom-made for Christmas stockings, particularly those belonging to members of the species itself (provided, of course, they are endowed with a suitable sense of humour).
Written, improbably, by The Daily Telegraph's much respected arts columnist and operatic expert, Rupert Christiansen, with tongue firmly in cheek, The Complete Book of Aunts fills a rare gap in the literature and is a classic of its kind.
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Your correspondent's affection for both his late aunts and great aunts renders a review of this book somewhat biased, yet for sheer entertainment it is peerless.
It is also unique. Sporting such chapters as Literary Aunts, Mothering Aunts, Exotics and Eccentrics and even X-Rated Aunts, this priceless little tome packs punch in inverse proportion to its size, which is simply custom-made for Christmas stockings, particularly those belonging to members of the species itself (provided, of course, they are endowed with a suitable sense of humour).
Written, improbably, by The Daily Telegraph's much respected arts columnist and operatic expert, Rupert Christiansen, with tongue firmly in cheek, The Complete Book of Aunts fills a rare gap in the literature and is a classic of its kind.
More humour book reviews at
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