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I have just started re-reading "Riotous Assembly" I first read this at least 25 years ago and haven't picked it up again since.
But the same thing is happening now, as it did years ago ! This is not a book to read on public transport, otherwise you be thought to have gone completely
mad, as its impossible not to keep giggling.
I think I shall be having an Autumn Tom Sharpe festival this year !
But the same thing is happening now, as it did years ago ! This is not a book to read on public transport, otherwise you be thought to have gone completely
mad, as its impossible not to keep giggling.
I think I shall be having an Autumn Tom Sharpe festival this year !
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Minty....yes, I read them last winter and was terribly disappointed when I finished the last one. But that is what good books are for ....I shall just have to read them again !
I haven't read all the Sharpe books, but I remember an hilarious TV adaption of "Porterhouse Blue" with John Sessions and David Jason. Channel Four could do a lot worse than repeat that !
I haven't read all the Sharpe books, but I remember an hilarious TV adaption of "Porterhouse Blue" with John Sessions and David Jason. Channel Four could do a lot worse than repeat that !
How funny, Mikey, I've been thinking about buying some Tom Sharpe books lately. My son used to have the whole collection. Unfortunately, he sold them all on eBay! I read The Throwback years ago and my god, I've never giggled so much in all my life! I got through so far with another Riotous Assembly, so funny! Must read it again. Guaranteed to make you laugh!
And don't forget "Indecent Exposure" and "Wilt". The three funniest in my opinion. Read over thirty years ago. Have embarrassed myself on a bus by ignoring Mikey's advice.
Exploding ostriches, black servant with rubber suit, novocaine, Konstabel Els fixing his teeth into dobermann's genitalia. It all comes back to me!
Got a few brownie points by giving the two South African novels to my wife to be.
Exploding ostriches, black servant with rubber suit, novocaine, Konstabel Els fixing his teeth into dobermann's genitalia. It all comes back to me!
Got a few brownie points by giving the two South African novels to my wife to be.
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I remember embarrassing myself on the train home from work many moons ago with tears streaming down my face whilst reading The Wilt Alternative. It was my first Tom Sharpe read and I got to the bit where he stops for a pee on his way home from the pub and rips his willy on a thorn bush. That started me off. His wife then catches him washing it under the bathroom tap and thinks he's been with another woman. I got a few dirty looks but I remember one chap looking at what I was reading, gave me the thumbs up. Obviously a fan as I was from then on. Marvellous stuff. One of a kind was Mr Sharpe.
I am about half-way through "Wilt" and I must say that I am enjoying it so much.....not so much perhaps as "Riotous Assembly" but its pretty good.
I have "Indecent Exposure" on order on ebay ( absolutely the best source for second hand books ! ) and I have ordered the 2nd Wilt book from the library.
I have "Indecent Exposure" on order on ebay ( absolutely the best source for second hand books ! ) and I have ordered the 2nd Wilt book from the library.