Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed.
For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.
Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.