A review by jeriklein
Diddly Squat by Jeremy Clarkson

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5.0

Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm is the first of a three book series that chronicles the trials and tribulations of starting a farm when your name happens to be Jeremy Clarkson and you have less than zero knowledge about this subject matter.

Originally published as weekly newspaper columns around 2020ish, it's a witty, humorous, honest take at farming in the UK, and farming in general.

For reasons I will never understand, modern society has pushed farmers to the wayside, portraying them as "less than" which is just asinine. As the book clearly demonstrates, farming takes immense skill, intelligence, talent, resources, and time. It's the life blood of the world and, simply put, without farmers, we'd have no food.

I figured l'd enjoy this book, as I love Clarkson's Farm (an Amazon docuseries that basically follows Jeremy + company around as they do all the farming things. Highly recommend! ) But I was not expecting to be impressed by his writing prowess. And hot damn, can he write!

Now, I'm aware this isn't a new revelation for most, as Clarkson's written numerous books and articles over the years. But I somehow managed to never read any of them (which is bizarre as I loved all his shows) until now.

Thankfully I have his other 2 books in this series (to hold me over until Clarkson's Farm returns for its next season!) after which l'll read his other books. All of them.