Book review: Is a law degree no guarantee of happiness?

I’ve now read all of the novels shortlisted for the 2025 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction aside from the two written by actual comedians (sorry, Sandi Toksvig and Richard Ayoade, but I’m just going to assume your novels are at least trying to be funny and leave this particular literary experiment behind me for now). My conclusion is that I have very little idea how the judging could have worked, and would strongly suggest either an overhaul of the panel (happy to volunteer if you’re reading this...