With this book, I've got my answer to the question - Which author I'd like to have coffee with?
Hemingway came close but Thackeray's savagery and his sharp attacks on human hypocrisy are unmatched.

It took me a while to read this monster of a book but there were no two pages that missed a laugh in between. If you ever wish to read a well observed satire on early 19th century English society, look no further.