I gave it up after three chapters, but that doesn't mean the book is bad. Quite the opposite - it's extremely curious and erudite. The problem is with me - I'm not a Briton, hence can't thoroughly understand and enjoy both broad generalizations and subtle nuances of the British accents and dialects. Yet since I was listening to an audio book - perhaps a format best suited for 'reading' it - even I managed to sneak a peek at a great universe of tongues, existing on a relatively small island. Which always fascinates me, Russian, who comes from a huuge territory with almost universal pronunciation and grammar.