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Pretensions & Spitballs. Author Wilson's view of life may sometimes seem like that of an undertaker assessing the most likely customer, but there is no denying the sneering precision of his observations. U.S. readers, without suffering the Englishman's special anguish which comes from a feeling that he is improperly dressed, may acknowledge the deadly accuracy of some of Wilson's catarrhy spitballs. One character sneers at his pretentious brother: "Ah, I see we have a new class now. There used to be those who had the tele [TV] and those who were above it. Now we have those who have the tele and are still above it."