Now he moves on to marriage, and boy will this one create a stir. It's not that the stories are really darker, they just feel that way. After all, bankers we love to hate, and if they get their come-uppance, who cares? But schadenfreude doesn't work so well when the target is most of us. These tales make it hard not to look your own marriage in the mirror, and wonder how you or your other half would behave if they whole thing unravelled. If Charters is right, the answer is probably badly - so badly that you would wonder whether you ever really knew that person at all. Brilliant, hugely funny stuff, then, and possible for reading on the eve of your nuptials, if you're teh sort that likes to keep your options open till the last minute. But don't under any circumstances take this book on your honeymoon - if you're spouse even sees you've got it, you're in big trouble