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Picking through the collected New York Observer columns, you feel like an archaeologist, excavating the precious fragments of an ancient civilisation. 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We live in exhaustingly likable times \u2013 digital platitude clicks \u2013 so it\u2019s refreshing to hear ruminations of dislike from Rayner here. The book relives his 20 most terrible dining experiences in warts-and-all detail. No good restaurant review is made-up of the texture of potato waffles. It\u2019s about ambience and service and being seated, catastrophically near the toilets. 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It\u2019s important to read about war and famine and global-scale suppression, but once in a while we all need a good laugh. Step forward this anthology that silver-lines every news cloud. The joking is wry and cerebral but sometimes you laugh so hard you get a nosebleed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><em>This article originally appeared in SLEEK 62, out now. 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