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by Tom Sharpe (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (7 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099435527
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099435525
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,611 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'His tale of an illegitimate member of the squirearchy earning his inheritance by increasingly nasty methods is both inventive and pacy' New Statesman 'Romp about one of nature's gentlemen making his innocent and ruthless way through the jungle of contemporary sex, VAT, law and order, etc... savage, knock-about farce' Observer 'Black humour, comic anarchy at its best' Sunday Times 'Crazy, but is all done with a savage delight which will have you laughing out loud' Daily Mirror 'He is funny, bitter, a danger to his public and should be applauded wildly by all' The Listener

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best, Must Buy, Tom Sharpe Comedy, 8 Oct 2003
By Mr A P HILL (WIGAN, LANCS United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This story is written in the typical Tom Sharpe style (ie. hillarious and surreal)but the plot seems much more plausible. Basically, it is about an aged and very old-fashioned landowner, his equally eccentric and out of touch grandson, a middle aged woman who marries the former for his money, and her dopey daughter who marries the latter. Needless to say, the mother gets far more than she bargained for (eg.living in the back end of beyond, without her usual comforts, and with an over-sexed 90 year old). The real star of the show is the grandson (aka the Throwback) who moves to surburbia with his new wife and causes laugh out loud chaos. Throughout the book mystery surrounds the parentage of the Throwback-I won't spoil it, but it's a brilliant twist, and you won't guess it.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the best, 11 Nov 2003
I found The Throwback to be one of the funniest books ever drawn from the 'deranged' mind that is Tom Sharpe. The son, of who(?), is the nemisis of all that is ordered, sane and loyal. The grandfather (of who?) is as mad as a kipper. The wife....doh! The lawer, the butler, the taxidermist, the flawshounds......need I go on?
There is always a danger that his books will date, or become socially unnaceptable due to the changing values of todays readers (something which would be unfortunate and self parodying as the humour is always about challenging stupid social values).
However, The Throwback is self contained, without time and a joy to behold. Anyone not offended, or who doesn't laugh out loud at the same time, isn't reading it properly
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the best from the UK's funniest contemporary writer, 8 May 2005
By D. A. Williams "twigletlover" (Staffordshire) - See all my reviews
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All I can say is that the scene where one of the neighbours attempts to remove his condom had me in pain from laughing so much.

Tom Sharpe is so funny he's off the scale, and this book is far and away the best.

Read it!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars True to Northumberland!
I live very near to where Tom Sharpe sets this comic-Gothic extravaganza. Somewhat alarmingly, it is 'true' to the people who live in the area. Read more
Published 8 months ago by P. A. J. Oswin

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
I have loved and enjoyed all the Wilt books and thought this was another one just as good..wrong...! Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. Charlton

4.0 out of 5 stars One Third Extra Hound per Pound
Tom Sharpe was born in London in 1928. He is perhaps best known for "Porterhouse Blue" and his Wilt series, both of which have been adapted for television. Read more
Published 11 months ago by cluricaune

5.0 out of 5 stars Brillant
I read this book for the first time on a train journey. I think the people in the place thought I was gone mad I laughed so much. Read more
Published 16 months ago by P. Costello

5.0 out of 5 stars Tom Sharpe - The throwback
I first read this book many years ago, and continue to re-visit it to this day - it is the funniest novel I have ever read. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Essex boy

5.0 out of 5 stars A "Throwback" in time.
The first time I read this book, I was on the bus to work trying (unsuccessfully) not to laugh out loud at Tom Sharp's insane wit. Read more
Published 19 months ago by A. Stokes

4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, but not for the fainthearted
I have to confess to not having read Sharpe for years, when a friend recommended this to me I remembered how much I had enjoyed his other books and had no hesitation in giving it... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharpe by name sharp by nature
This book has a bit of everything, but most of all great laugh out loud humour and even some rather amusing poetry.. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. J. G. Dallimore

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical
This, to me, is the most funniest book that I have ever read. I remember reading it the first time, when it came out, on the underground and was convulsing in hysterical laughter... Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2007 by S. R. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilariously funny!
This is the first book I have read of Tom Sharpe's and it was a brilliant read, I was definately laughing out loud. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2007 by S. Long

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