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Title: Indecent Exposure by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0-87113-142-0 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: a hilarious spin of South Africa of days gone by...
Comment: Tom Sharpe's novels, always popular in Britain, are known for being rude spoofs on the political establishment and of the upper echelons of British society. However his earliest works, as in 'Indecent Exposure', the setting is apartheid-era South Africa. His humour is still very baudy, perhaps repetitively so, and his target are the hypocritical, racist white establishment. Some of the language is a bit vulgar, and I imagine some folks might be offended. But Sharpe hits the bulls-eye on his target: the squabbling, pretentious and myoptic white (English/Afrikaan) establishment.
As for the story? Well, it somewhat doesn't matter. Some nonsense about a rural town's police force trying to fight (imagined) communist insurgents using some rather ridiculous means. It's all very slapstick, farcical. Enjoy the book for its now dated (historical) view of South Africa, not for its paper thin story.
Bottom line: a very curious and funny piece of Sharpe's earlier works. Certainly not his best, but he delivers the laughs.
Rating: 5
Summary: Indecent Exposure
Comment: This book must be one of the funniest I've ever read. My girlfrind threw me out of bed at four in the morning because I'd apparently been laughing in my sleep after having read the book. The best thing about any of Tom Sharpe's books is that you can read them again and again and still laugh all over again! Superb!
Rating: 5
Summary: Perhaps the funniest book I've ever read!!!!!
Comment: What more can I say? Go read it! I read it about 12 years ago or more. It was fantastic. I read it at least once every 2-3 yrs after that and it has never failed to make me laugh again and again. Though Apartheid is dead, the humor is still valid worldwide. Read it as satire or just for its humour. Either way, you'll love it. By the way, dont be put off that its British and thus a bit heavy in the reading department. Its not. Its a great read and you could easily finish reading it in one day unless, of course, you fall off your chair or bed and injure yourself laughing. Believe me, I'm not exaggerating.
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Title: Porterhouse Blue by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0871132796 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Midden by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0879518014 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Wilt: Tom Sharpe by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0879517344 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Ancestral Vices by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0330266357 Publisher: Pan Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Blott on the Landscape by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0879519274 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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