One gets the feeling that this book was published slightly too late to be the rambunctious hit the author wanted. Offensive humour was becoming rather passe, and so those such as Leary were obliged to be even more offensive in order to be noticed.

Satire? I don't think so.

What I find annoying about Leary's stand-up persona isn't the fact that he so shamelessly rips off the work of the late,great Bill Hicks but his constant use of the term 'Irish Macho Guy' What?I'm Irish and I can say with some certainty that we are not a nation of 'macho guys'.At one point Leary describes his father (an Irish Immigrant) as 'a real World War II-John Wayne-Ted Williams kinda guy'.Ah, excuse me,Denis,but Ireland was neutral during World War II.Do you know what that means?That means the Irish didn't even FIGHT in WWII. Despite this though,there's the odd funny line but,personally,I preferred Leary's 1997 show 'Lock 'N' Load'

This book is pretty much the script from the stand-up special for Leary's 1992 No Cure For Cancer show. It has more though, it doesn't have as many curses and goves even more in depth to Leary's ideals about drugs and all that stuff we know and love. It's as and possibly even more brilliant as the special, as Leary makes even more keen observations. For instance, the reason Irish people drink so much? The Irish music is always sad. Great.