Written by everyone's favourite meerkat, A Simples Life is the autobiography is Aleksandr Orlov, a meerkat moved from Russia to continue running the family business of Compare the Meerkat (not to be confused with Compare the Market).
The book travels back to the 18th century in which Orlov's great-great-grandfather ran out of goods in the Kalahari desert and had no choice but to walk for weeks until he came across a form of transport to get him and his helper to safe land.
After finding a collection of paintings of meerkats, a descendant of Aleksandr decided to set up a market stall comparing meerkats. Despite the concept not working well, the meerkats persisted and, after much of this persistence, comparethemeerkat.shop was opened and a legacy was born.
Today we can't turn on the TV without getting at least one glimpse of the worlds most famous meerkat and despite it being an advert, I've still not read or heard the words "I'm sick of that pissing meerkat". We all love him and if the ad suddenly stopped, nobody would get excited about seeing a meerkat at the zoo.
Finished in just a sitting and a half this was a fairly short book but well worth the money which came off my bursary. Along with telling a life story, the book as entertaining, causer of laughs and included a load of amusing pictures. It would have been better if it was slightly longer though.
Total rating: 4/5
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