2008-04-21 An Outsider's View of Oxford

I read an excerpt of this book in the Financial Times and really liked it. Having subsequently bought it, I was in for a massive disappointment. It is riddled with errors and sloppy research. The view of Oxford is so corny, it makes one groan. Like a tourist without a clue writing a really bad blog. It travels the yawn-inducing route of Maurice Bowra, high-table here and there, Zuleika Dobson and assorted characters from the Fifties. Rather terrible really.