The book is compiled from selections of Allan's successful[1] gossip and popular culture column Just Jani that appeared in the Sunday Times.

"[3] The book received favourable reviews;[3] "She soon developed a highly individual style and the Jani Allan column, one of the most successful features in Africa's biggest newspaper, followed.

In her choice of subjects she's attracted by what she calls 'the boquet of money' and she's good on those ubiquitous creatures of our time, the 'celebrities', whom she is able to send up without the bitchiness which tends to put me off some lady writers of the adversary school of journalism.

Tertius Myburgh, Editor of the Sunday Times "Your piece on me acted like a bicycle pump and I mooned around for ages, smiling foolishly and cannoning off the wallls.

Her Just Jani column has been referenced extensively by South African English dictionaries because of Allan's popular use of terms such as jorl, smaak and larney .