This note contains spoilers for the book.

A farce set in a contemporary British nuclear research agency, looks like so far. There's some suggestion that towards the end it approaches SF, or at least fantasy, in some way. Langford is a long-time fan as well as a professional writer, and even an occasional denizen of rec.arts.sf.fandom.

I'm reminded that one of the things I don't like about the farce, and about considerable chunks of British humor, is their reliance on embarrassment. I don't find it either pleasant or funny.

I'm a bit disappointed that, in the end, he didn't get the accidentally-stolen bomb cores back into the establishment. But at least it had a happy ending.

Langford has a real ear for quips. There are lots of good bits in dialog and narration.