I believe this was Millington's first book and I found it absolutely hilarious - perhaps I identified more with the characters as I also have a German partner, so when she is being very 'German' I call her Ursella and she refers to me as 'Monkey Boy'in honour of the book.I would have preferred a slightly better ending as all sorts of hillarious set-ups occur but they are never really resolved, hence the 4 out of 5 - but nevertheless well worth reading and very, very funny.