In a society that ties to the arts tail the clanking tin can of commercialism, THE SELF ISOLATION ACTIVITY BOOK by Ian Doors could not have come at a more timely time.

A sequel to the Novel Coronavirus 19, which of course is not a novel as readers know it, rather, a rather long sentence, THE SELF-ISOLATION ACTIVITY BOOK, is the first among sequels that publishers and public alike cannot wait to see remaindered.

But, for the remainder of the COVID 19 lock-down, before it is assigned the flames of Fahrenheit 451, THE SELF-ISOLATION ACTIVITY BOOK will provide minutes of immense time consumption.

A preventative tome for going up the wall, Doors’ book is a window to recipes, suggestions and ideas that are to be treated as entirely unfollowable and essentially worthless and no claims for fun or entertainment are to be treated as having any merit.

It is pretty ironic to ponder that so many people who previously suggested that much of the expert wisdom revealed in this book was a waste of the author’s life will now be benefiting him and you. (Insert your own emoji)

No need to read it in order, THE SELF-ISOLATION ACTIVITY BOOK is a volume you can dip into disorderly, depending on what activity takes your fancy at any given moment of your confinement.

Whether your questing for a quiz, craving for a colour-in, or looking for a list of movies to watch or books to read or playlists to compile for solo singalongs or individual dancing, THE SELF-ISOLATION ACTIVITY BOOK has something for everybody and nothing for nobody.

The colouring in pages are especially enchanting, encouraging artful expression to decorate expletives and ejaculations germane to stir craziness.

An adventure book that penetrates and permeates the great indoors, THE SELF-ISOLATION ACTIVITY BOOK is littered with literary quotes from the likes of Tennessee Williams, Anton Chekov and Franz Kafka.

An indispensable addition to any hermitage, THE SELF-ISOLATION ACTIVITY BOOK could well be a dispensable edition should you run out of toilet paper, although it is not catalogued in the list of alternatives to toilet paper found on page 97. (although preferable, in my opinion to the listed suggestion of leftover pasta.) I have to admit, if only as a footnote, the end papers, so to speak, are actually earmarked for such contingency.

Dedicated to himself, Ian Door’s THE SELF-ISOLATION ACTIVITY BOOK is one he’ll be glad to have washed his hands of now that it’s published and hopefully helping you keep your sanitise.

THE SELF-ISOLTION ACTIVITY BOOK by Ian Doors is published by Trapeze, an Hachette UK Company.