The review copy I have is quite a blurry scan, so I will be unable to review this title at this time

A lovely sustained chuckle of a novel that skewers both the form and content of the gentlemen's memoir from a certain time. Mr. Carp, Esq., and father, are gems of comic creation and both deserve a swift kick up the butt. I would caution that, to me, this is a real love it/hate it experience so if you're not in by, say, the 4th chapter, there's no shame in moving on. If you're in, however, it's a very satisfying time!

Happy to see this humorous gem back in print. Augustus, better than a tin recounts his wonderful life from his birth. He is a good man who enjoys highlighting everyone's weaknesses. Even though this was written in 1924 it still holds up today. This edition includes the original illustrations. Enjoy this rediscovered classic

This book was more fun than a pants full of ferrets.

A satirical work that doesn't really challenge. It is clear that the protagonist is a willing product of his environment and surrounds himself with likeminded individuals. It is obvious from the first that his perception of reality will ultimately be his undoing and of course that is what happens. He is not an interesting character and someone you would not choose to sympathise with. As such there is little to attract the reader. Sadly it is satire without wit and therefore, whilst an easy read it is not a comfortable one.

This is such a delightfully funny gem of a book, very British in its satire and irony, and very much in the tradition of British comic writing, with its priggish, pompous and self-satisfied narrator, Augustus Carp himself, who is firmly convinced of his own self-righteousness, but who in reality is an insufferable hypocrite and bore. First published anonymously in 1924, and later discovered to be the work of a doctor, Sir Henry Howarth Bashford, honorary Physician to George VI, it’s a book that truly deserves to be better known.

Unfortunately I am unable to read this as the format is not clear enough for me to see the words. Thank you very much for the opportunity.

The story of Augustus Carp, as only he could tell it. This satirical faux autobiography from 1924 was a delight to read. It felt like a vacation from reading contemporary books, even though we all know someone like Carp in every generation.

The pomposity and lack of self-awareness of Augustus Carp (and his father, also named Augustus Carp) is the source of humor. In the first paragraph he explains his moral duty to write about himself so as to set an example in society as a man of such high moral character. He then tells of his birth, his dignified father (pompous & insufferable), his mother (who is only mentioned when she is in servitude to him or his father), and others who seem to all have character flaws as a reason they do not get along with Carp. One must read between the lines to enjoy this as Carp unwittingly reveals to us his own lack of character.

I enjoyed this very much, although I felt that the humor probably runs even deeper than I realize, as it was written in early 20th century Great Britain, and some of the references are lost on me, I'm afraid, nearly 100 years later on the other side of the pond, as they say.

Unfortunately, this book is only available in the acsm format, and when you open it, the text is completely garbled and pixelated. I can't give a review because it's impossible for me to read it :(

Unable to read and review this as it is in ACSM format.