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Title: The Midden by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0-87951-801-4 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: November, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Not his best,but still hilarious.
Comment: Tom Sharpe is an absolute madman. The Midden is another example of that. Timothy Bright is in his late twenties. Finicial advisor with nothing but a bright future. Then it all goes into disarray when his advice just fails. Totally in debt,Timothy hooks up with the mob,robs his Aunt,and has to frame one of the top judges or else the mob turns him into "piggy chops".
Timothy sets out on his mission,shacks up with his Uncle for a bit before moving on. Tired of Timothy leaching and stealing his tobacco,the Uncle decides to slip some "toad" into the tobacco which Tim has been smoking. Toad is some kind of hallucinogetic that sends Timothy off on his scooter naked at 140 mph. Timothy finds a houseboat,finds a way in and hops into the bed. Unknowingly the house boat belongs to the Chief Constable and the bed is also occupied by the chiefs wife. The chief beats the heck out of Tim and chucks him in the basement. Trying to figure away to dispose of the intruder without causing any seen of finding a naked man in bed with his wife he decides to dump him off at the hated Middens mansion.
It was insane up to this point,then it just gets off the hook. The chief in his worries of getting pinned in dumping the the naked boy,decides he will frame the Middens with acts of child abuse. From here we get bumbling policemen acting like sheep to get closer to the mansion,an old geezer remembering his buffalo hunting days trying to shoot the cops. A church group on a retreat and on and on,and when it all comes down all heck breaks loose.Absolute chaos and hilarity. A must read for Sharpe fans.
Rating: 4
Summary: Such a plot !
Comment: An amazing history, just like Sharpe is able to make them. As a respectable English humour writer, he throws his characters in incredible situations, and mostly what can happen worse... just happens, with an almost mathematical regularity. I just like such "complicated", incredible stories.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disapponting, not in the same league as"Indecent Exposure"
Comment: I was thrilled to find a new Tom Sharpe when looking through the shelves at the airport. Just what I needed for a week on the beach in Fiji. Sadly though it stuttered and fired here and there but never really lived up to his earlier classics. Characters of interest were developed and then disappeared leaving many questions unanswered. It was a shame that I finished this book so quickly then left Captain Carelli's Mandolin on the plane unfinished. I will just have to buy it again.
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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: Porterhouse Blue by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0871132796 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: April, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Vintage Stuff by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0330269828 Publisher: MacMillan Pub Ltd Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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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: Wilt On High by Tom Sharpe ISBN: 0330287656 Publisher: Pan Books Ltd |
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