While not as elaborate as say a Tom Sharpe novel (No bad thing), this has all the plot requirements of a classic British comic farce.
An ambitious schemer making long and elaborative plans for the naive players. Who follow follow the rules implicitly but always fail to achieve what is required, either by their own whim or circumstances. Then everything coming to a head.
The plotter gets rather less than he bargained for, but thinks he won. While somebody decides everything that was wrong is now right and they all exit stage left, singing merrily.
Season with some blatent sexual inuendo and a hint of slapstick, then control the amusement (Note- Not laughter) until the last scene, when everybody realises just how ridiculous the whole set up has been (Which is, in common widom, a peculiarly British trait).
Given the (AFAIK) unique but simple plot, the line between crass stupidity and deadly dull is narrow, but the book follows it quite well.
Only downer I would level is that some of the names of things were annoying and/or could do with better descriptions?
Turn it into a play and it is- Hello West End I want to book a theatre for 50 years.
Also found it very revealing of how human kind can be very narrow minded. 
