The first third of this book was deathly boring, but the remainder was interesting and enjoyable to read, albeit full of misogyny. Huxley always strikes me as a brilliant predictor of the future - in this book published in 1925 he predicts a future of an international community enabled by fast, long-range communication and transport. “In a few generations it may be that the whole planet will be covered by one vast American-speaking tribe, all thinking and acting in the same way”.