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A colleague is visiting the States:

"All the non-fiction books on the news stands have titles like: 'Being Growly: how Fred Bloggs is ruining the country by being an utter tosspot and his friend Alan's a bit of a wanker, too, and his dog's got bad breath and he drives a shit car.'

"Good to see that it's not only our library service that hasn't found its way out of the school playground yet."