Mania

''Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold'' JOHN CLEESE ‘Viciously funny… an exhilarating satire’ THE TIMESWhat if c ...

''Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold'' JOHN CLEESE ‘Viciously funny… an exhilarating satire’ THE TIMESWhat if calling someone stupid was illegal?In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is ''stupid''.Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is ''the last great civil rights fight''.Exams and grades are all discarded, and smart phones are rebranded. Children are expelled for saying the S-