The Brexit referendum of 2016 makes this book funnier, especially when Klingferm tells Harry that there was talk of Britain leaving the EU and joining the US.
The book isn't as overtly sci-fi as Grant's previousworks, with the technologies shown being grounded in reality, albeit further developed than at the time of the book's release. Two of them in particular (tablet computers and hybrid vehicles) gained wider mainstream adoption in the years since publication.
