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'Tom Sharpe is in top form... outrageously funny... Left-wing academics, right-wing capitalists, true-blue country gentry, workers, peasants, police and lawyers - all take custard pies full in the face in this boisterous knockabout farce' The Listener 'A novelist who has broken out of the pack, established a wholly distinctive style... such a keen eye for the ridiculous and marvellous ability to puncture it' Scotsman 'An immense gift for social satire... the action is unflagging' Daily Telegraph 'There's almost no on funnier' Observer
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is definitely worth a read. There are a number of hilarious episodes including the bath incident and especially the scene at the car wash. I would venture to add that this is perhaps the best Sharpe novel I have read so far after Porterhouse Blue, The Throwback and Vintage Stuff. However, the novel seems to fizzle out as if Sharpe suddenly thought that he had written enough and just wrapped everything up in the most inconsequential way; hence the four stars.
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Format:Paperback
he did tail off in his later books,but this for me is the high point.no clues to the plot,just get it and enjoy.dont read it with young kids about,first they will think your gone mad with all the laughter,second are you really going to tell them about the porg that came out of the oven?good clean dirty fun.a masterpiece
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My first Tom Sharpe novel, recommended by a colleague.
Though full of that great British wit and sarcasm I wasn't that impressed. It's Certainly readable, but a little lacking in places.
Waldon Yapp, a hapless genius, takes on a job not realising he's being played as a pawn. As the story progresses he finds himself getting deeper and deeper into trouble as one coincidence after another goes against him, trapping him with, seemingly, no way out. Murder, money and mayhem abound this is one very well plotted misadventure.
I know plenty of people who love Tom Sharpe and I'd certainly try give another of his novels a try. But this wasn't as funny as I thought it was going to be.
Though full of that great British wit and sarcasm I wasn't that impressed. It's Certainly readable, but a little lacking in places.
Waldon Yapp, a hapless genius, takes on a job not realising he's being played as a pawn. As the story progresses he finds himself getting deeper and deeper into trouble as one coincidence after another goes against him, trapping him with, seemingly, no way out. Murder, money and mayhem abound this is one very well plotted misadventure.
I know plenty of people who love Tom Sharpe and I'd certainly try give another of his novels a try. But this wasn't as funny as I thought it was going to be.
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Ancestral Vices - Tom Sharp
Ancestral VicesThis was the first Tom Sharp book I read and it is the funniest book - had me laughing out loud. I enjoyed it so much I promptly bought 5 more.
Published 7 months ago by Gill
Side splitting
Just read Tom Sharpe if you want humour,intelligence and an understanding of the human behaviour ,under the most stressful circumstances,just brilliant!
Published 14 months ago by Ferasaman
Good in parts
This was my first Tom Sharpe, a present from a friend. I don't know what I expected, but I didn't laugh as often or as long as some of the other reviewers seem to have done. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2010 by J. Goddard
Tom Sharpe - A Genius
One of the very few authors with the talent to make you laugh out loud, book after book. I guarantee that once you have read one of his novels, you will be frantically searching... Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2006 by Tom Browne
Top DRAWER
The king of satire.
There is no funnier writer today.
Please tell me if there is as I have read all his collection
A joy.
There is no funnier writer today.
Please tell me if there is as I have read all his collection
A joy.
Published on 11 Aug 2006 by Dk Roche
A fantastic read
A great book, nice to see it back for another edition. Shame it's in a larger format, won't fit in my pocket now!
Published on 24 Oct 2003
Typical Sharpe... no bad thing!
I remember reading Ancestral Vices for the first time, on a train. And did I laugh? I howled, I wept, I was a helpless, quivering jelly for minutes at a time. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2003 by Andy Millward
I couldn't put this one down
Yet again, Tom sharpe impressed me with his ability to make me laugh at a turn of a page.
Ancestral vices I thought was slightly more unique than the other Sharpe books, but... Read more
Published on 25 July 2000 by kathb85@hotmail.com
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