Sharp, funny and pretty much an essential read for anyone feeling slowly crushed by the mundanities of a corporate, office-based existence.

Maybe my favourite chapter by one of my favourite authors.

I like this 'cause A) Despite being a sweeping generalisation it's still too often depressingly true and B) "...haunts their masturbatory obsessions" is a killer turn of phrase.

Perhaps my favourite opening to any book - it tells a whole story in just a handful sentences.