Dad’s the Word: The Perils and Pleasures of Fatherhood,u00a0 By Soumya Bhattacharya, Westland, R225

Soumya Bhattacharya so loved his words, that he gave his only begotten daughter a whole lot of them to fall asleep to.

That the child in question (her name is of no importance here) is dearly loved comes through often enough, though probably not when Bhattacharya describes an approach to parenting that involves taking breaks from beer and a cigarette to help her with tennis or the odd homework assignment involving adjectives.