Tom Sharpe
Tom Sharpe was born in 1928. He did his National Service in the Marines before going to South Africa in 1951 where he was a social worker, and a teacher in Natal. From 1963 to 1972 he was a lecturer in History at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology.
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The Gropes
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Hutchinson | Fiction
978-0-09-193090-5 (0-09-193090-1)
October 4, 2009 | $25.00
The hilarious new novel from bestselling author Tom Sharpe.
It is one of the more surprising facts about old England that one can still find families living in the same houses their ancestors built centuries before and on land that has belonged to them since before the Norman Conquest. The Gropes of...
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Hutchinson | Fiction
978-0-09-193090-5 (0-09-193090-1)
October 4, 2009 | $25.00
The hilarious new novel from bestselling author Tom Sharpe.
It is one of the more surprising facts about old England that one can still find families living in the same houses their ancestors built centuries before and on land that has belonged to them since before the Norman Conquest. The Gropes of...
Wilt in Nowhere
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-947413-5 (0-09-947413-1)
June 6, 2005 | $21.95
In Tom Sharpe’s fourth uproarious Wilt novel, the indefatigable Henry Wilt embarks on the voyage of a lifetime — a cross-country trip through England, without map or compass, carrying little more than a backpack and the boots on his feet. A week later sees him drunk and unconscious in the back...
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-947413-5 (0-09-947413-1)
June 6, 2005 | $21.95
In Tom Sharpe’s fourth uproarious Wilt novel, the indefatigable Henry Wilt embarks on the voyage of a lifetime — a cross-country trip through England, without map or compass, carrying little more than a backpack and the boots on his feet. A week later sees him drunk and unconscious in the back...
The Midden
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946653-6 (0-09-946653-8)
June 22, 2004 | $21.95
Spectacular mayhem ensues when Timothy Brights, in typically dim fashion, lands in bed with the Chief Constable’s wife. And things go seriously wrong when the Chief Constable tries to frame his old adversary, the upright Miss Midden.
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946653-6 (0-09-946653-8)
June 22, 2004 | $21.95
Spectacular mayhem ensues when Timothy Brights, in typically dim fashion, lands in bed with the Chief Constable’s wife. And things go seriously wrong when the Chief Constable tries to frame his old adversary, the upright Miss Midden.
Grantchester Grind
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946654-3 (0-09-946654-6)
March 30, 2004 | $21.95
The sequel to Porterhouse Blue takes us back to the hilarious goings-on at Porterhouse College. In the face of crisis, the instinct of the true Porterhouse man is to reach for the bottle… or, fall back on the traditional Cambridge skills of blackmail and kidnap. But will that be enough?
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946654-3 (0-09-946654-6)
March 30, 2004 | $21.95
The sequel to Porterhouse Blue takes us back to the hilarious goings-on at Porterhouse College. In the face of crisis, the instinct of the true Porterhouse man is to reach for the bottle… or, fall back on the traditional Cambridge skills of blackmail and kidnap. But will that be enough?
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Indecent Exposure
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946652-9 (0-09-946652-X)
March 30, 2004 | $21.95
Sharpe’s second South African novel is a riot of hilarity when the local constabulary sets out to terrorize true Englishmen and even truer Zulus, in its relentless search for a perfect South Africa.
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946652-9 (0-09-946652-X)
March 30, 2004 | $21.95
Sharpe’s second South African novel is a riot of hilarity when the local constabulary sets out to terrorize true Englishmen and even truer Zulus, in its relentless search for a perfect South Africa.
The Wilt Alternative
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946649-9 (0-09-946649-X)
March 30, 2004 | $21.95
Henry Wilt returns to battle bureaucrats, politicians, terrorists and much more, at Fenland College.
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946649-9 (0-09-946649-X)
March 30, 2004 | $21.95
Henry Wilt returns to battle bureaucrats, politicians, terrorists and much more, at Fenland College.
Wilt On High
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946648-2 (0-09-946648-1)
March 30, 2004 | $21.95
It’s high jinx when Wilt’s old adversary Inspector Flint suspects him of somehow being involved in drug dealing at Fenland College. But neither his wife nor his colleagues at the Tech have reckoned with Wilt’s unique talent for making new enemies.
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-946648-2 (0-09-946648-1)
March 30, 2004 | $21.95
It’s high jinx when Wilt’s old adversary Inspector Flint suspects him of somehow being involved in drug dealing at Fenland College. But neither his wife nor his colleagues at the Tech have reckoned with Wilt’s unique talent for making new enemies.
Ancestral Vices
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943553-2 (0-09-943553-5)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943553-2 (0-09-943553-5)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Blott on the Landscape
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943547-1 (0-09-943547-0)
January 16, 2004 | $23.95
Against a powerful lobby led by the unprincipled Sir Giles, who is determined to build a motorway through their little bit of rural England, are Lady Maude and her chief weapon – Blott, an ex-Italian, naturalized Englishman. Fight fire with fire.
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943547-1 (0-09-943547-0)
January 16, 2004 | $23.95
Against a powerful lobby led by the unprincipled Sir Giles, who is determined to build a motorway through their little bit of rural England, are Lady Maude and her chief weapon – Blott, an ex-Italian, naturalized Englishman. Fight fire with fire.
The Great Pursuit
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943549-5 (0-09-943549-7)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
The gullible author of a totally filthy novel, sure to make a shameful pile of money in America, is dispatched across the Atlantic for a chaotic publicity tour.
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943549-5 (0-09-943549-7)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
The gullible author of a totally filthy novel, sure to make a shameful pile of money in America, is dispatched across the Atlantic for a chaotic publicity tour.
Porterhouse Blue
Trade Paperback | 338 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943546-4 (0-09-943546-2)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Porterhouse College, renowned for its gastronomic excellence, the arrogance of its Fellows, and its academic mediocrity, has a new Master. Determined to change all this, he finds a most intransigent foe in Skullion, the Head Porter.
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 338 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943546-4 (0-09-943546-2)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Porterhouse College, renowned for its gastronomic excellence, the arrogance of its Fellows, and its academic mediocrity, has a new Master. Determined to change all this, he finds a most intransigent foe in Skullion, the Head Porter.
Riotous Assembly
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943545-7 (0-09-943545-4)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Not a “political” novel in any previously imagined sense, Riotous Assembly provides a completely fresh approach to the South African scene – an approach at once startling in its deadpan savagery, and outrageously funny.
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943545-7 (0-09-943545-4)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Not a “political” novel in any previously imagined sense, Riotous Assembly provides a completely fresh approach to the South African scene – an approach at once startling in its deadpan savagery, and outrageously funny.
The Throwback
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943552-5 (0-09-943552-7)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943552-5 (0-09-943552-7)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Vintage Stuff
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943554-9 (0-09-943554-3)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943554-9 (0-09-943554-3)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Wilt
Trade Paperback | 334 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943548-8 (0-09-943548-9)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Wilt is given to elaborate and vindictive fantasies about his wife, the massive, domineering Eva. But when Eva becomes a Missing Person, following an embarrassing incident at a party they both attend, the police want to question Wilt.
Written by Tom Sharpe
Trade Paperback | 334 pages | Arrow | Fiction
978-0-09-943548-8 (0-09-943548-9)
January 16, 2004 | $21.95
Wilt is given to elaborate and vindictive fantasies about his wife, the massive, domineering Eva. But when Eva becomes a Missing Person, following an embarrassing incident at a party they both attend, the police want to question Wilt.
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