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Title: Porterhouse Blue by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0-87113-279-6 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: April, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Underrated satire
Comment: Why Sharpe is not as well known in this country as lesser talents is beyond me. A classic satire of British politics and society circa late 60s-early 70s set in an English College (based on Peterhouse?). The machinations of the dean and his subordinates to preserve the status quo in the face of the new liberal head are hilarious. Even better is the twist ending which reveals the true nature of class conflict in Britain. Also features a hilarious explosion involving a disturbed student, an elderly chambermaid, and a box of condoms. To find out more, read this most excellent book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not his best work
Comment: I read this book after reading the Wilt series and Indecent Exposure. I must say I was a bit disappointed. It's just that the book didn't have the same sort of manic pacing that Sharpe's other books have. The plot moved along, but I didn't really care about what was happening to the characters. While it does have some of Sharpe's trademark humor, I wouldn't recommend this book as a starting point for Tom Sharpe's work.
Rating: 4
Summary: The humour is academic.
Comment: A satirical leg-pull on one of Britains most august institutions, the Oxbridge College. All the pomp is there, the swan stuffed with widgeon, ageing dons clinging to their chairs with dead cold hands, gate porters who have more in common with east european secret police than with door men.
Within this stuffy and pompous world Sharpe sets a hilarious story. Gas filled condoms bobbing on the lawn, exploding chimneys, numerous haircuts on the one day. All the elements of a good farce are brought together to give a really good funny read. Not the funniest Sharpe novel, but definitely on form.
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Title: Indecent Exposure by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0871131420 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: April, 1987 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0871131439 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: April, 1987 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Central Cambridge : A Guide to the University and Colleges by Kevin Taylor ISBN: 0521459133 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 31 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Midden by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0879518014 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Blott on the Landscape by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0879519274 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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