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The story is, admittedly, predictable. However, that is not the point. In this reviewer's opinion, the plot was a clever and brilliantly melancholic ruse to illustrate a brutal message. We are forgetting our elderly. They have lost their voice and feel marginalised. It is no wonder they voted resoundingly to leave the EU, they want to regain their youth. They want to return to a time when they mattered, where people listened to them.

Mooney's novel is a brilliant rallying cry to society filled with wonderful characters and a brilliant British humour. We cannot deny our elderly population intrinsic worth. We need to show them that they still matter and still have lives worth living. How we treat our elders today is how we might expect to be treated by our children tomorrow.

If you want to read more wonderful British humour [[Joy in the Morning by P G Wodehouse|Joy in the Morning]] and [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse|Thank you, Jeeves]] by P.G. Wodehouse epitomises this genre wonderfully.