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Though The Wilt Alternative (1980) made it dismally clear that Sharpe had pretty much exhausted the comic possibilities of the hapless, misanthropic Henry Wilt character, here they both are again - in another strained series of slapsticky, mildly satiric episodes. As before, the better gags stem from Wilt's labors in the scruffiest regions of British academia: he's now Head of Liberal Studies at the Fenland College of Arts and Technology, even if his new title (in the rather dated send-up here) is Head of Communication Skills and Expressive Attainment. And his major woes begin when, alerted to the fact that a female student is "shooting up" in the loo, he investigate - only to be accused of peeping-tomming (by an ultra-butch lady phys-ed instructor). . . and then suspected of drug-pushing by the local coppers. Meanwhile, at home, Wilt's much-loathed quadruplet daughters are up to their usual foulness, threatening to become "computer-addicted technocrats with about as much moral sense as Ilse Koch on a bad day." Likewise, wife Eva is still as dim as ever: this time she's decided to rev up Wilt's fading libido by secretly feeding him an aphrodisiac from a local quack - which backfires, of course, giving Wilt "the distinct impression that something like a battalion of army ants had taken possession of his penis and were busily digging in." (As in The Wilt Alternative, Sharpe seems downright obsessed with painful, embarrassing assaults on the male genitalia.) And eventually, when Wilt's condition leads him to behave oddly during one of his weekly teaching stints at the local US airbase, he's suspected of being a Russian spy - while Eva is sure that he's carrying on with "an American airbase slut"; finally, however, Eva joins with a dippy contingent of Mothers Against the Bomb to free Wilt from his cartoon-American captors. A few of Wilt's sneering tirades are solidly funny (especially if you imagine them being screamed by John Cleese as Basil Fawlty) - but most of this farce is lame, silly, or schoolboy-smirky, with far too much reliance on bathroom-giggles and (for US readers) British slang. (Kirkus Reviews)
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The third outragously funny Wilt novel from the British master of farce.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Outrageous, quite a bit vulgar, clever and very funny.,
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This review is from: Wilt on High (Hardcover)
This book has been my first contact with Sharpe. Not my last. I find "Wilt on High" extremely funny, well written, cleverly put together, with just a dash (maybe more than a dash) of healthy vulgarity and it shows also that Mr Sharpe has an incredibly piercing eye to see, analyze and render the foibles of a great variety of human specimens such as feminists, police inspectors, teachers, American military men, quacks, overintelligent brats, etc. Highly recommended.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Wilt,
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This review is from: Wilt On High (Paperback)
The third novel of four in the Wilt series starts with a drug problem at Fenland College. As ever Henry Wilt's incredible talent for landing himself in trouble with his superiors, his wife, the Police and even the American armed forces leads him once again into troubled waters. A splendid book, hilarious in parts, the character of Flint has been further developed, and his desire to arrest Henry Wilt is as strong as ever. A great read from the master of classic farce. If you enjoyed the Wilt Alternative, you will love this one too, would be a great film script.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not his best,
By Mrs. K. A. Wheatley "katywheatley" (Leicester, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Wilt On High (Paperback)
Sharpe's excoriating wit and vulgar humour is still very much to the fore in this latest episode of Wilt's life. Still at the tech and even more weary of teaching Lord of the Flies to Cakes 3, Wilt becomes embroiled with women's rights, heroin addicts, and shenanigins at the local US airbase. Usually I find myself laughing out loud at Sharpe's books, but this only raised a wry smile. Not my favourite, I felt it was very much exploiting ideas which had already been adequately explored in the previous Wilt volumes. Nevertheless, amusing and always worth a read. Whatever happens I finish reading Sharpe with a smile on my face.
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