Okay, I didn't actually read this. But having listened to the audiobook (read by the enterprising Nigel Planer) twice already and considering myself addicted to Mad Hamish's hilarious bouts of "WHUT?!!" I think I can safely put this under the "read" category.

The geriatric barbarians are, literally, a riot — especially their barbed observations regarding civilization.

Some notes:

* Working curse in the book: May you live in interesting times.

* Favorite sub-curse: Feet of extreme rotted milk!

* Favorite love story on hundreds of little legs: The Luggage and the Other Luggage.