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Grantchester Grind: A Porterhouse Chronicle [Abridged] [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Tom Sharpe (Author), David Jason (Reader)
2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Audio; Abridged edition edition (19 Feb 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0001050737
  • ISBN-13: 978-0001050730
  • Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 10.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 976,718 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The sequel to "Porterhouse Blue". With a new master, Scullion, now in charge and doubts still surrounding the death of the late Master, more unspeakably awful goings-on are inevitable at Cambridge's most disreputable college.

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This sequel to Tom Sharpe's classic comic novel Porterhouse Blue takes the reader back to the hilarious goings-on at Porterhouse College. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Tom Sharpe's worst book, 28 Jan 2005
By Aj Viljoen (Kuwait) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grantchester Grind: A Porterhouse Chronicle (Paperback)
I have read most of Tom Sharpe's books and I normally enjoy them immensely. "Porterhouse Blue", while not as funny as Wilt and Blott, was still satire of the highest calibre, but its strong point was the plot, which had me reading the book in record time.

Then came volume 2, and at 490 pages it is quite a volume. The problem is that it never really got off the ground. The plot is okay but mostly boring and I found at times I had to force myself to pay attention. It's a good book for practising speed reading - that's what I did.

The plot is one of Sharpe's more complex ones, and it builds up expectations for a monumental climax. But instead it simply fizzles out and leaves one feeling cheated. I am willing to put money on it that after 450-odd pages, the author realised that he couldn't bring it together and then lost interest. So he made X die, Y retire, and Z live sort of happily ever after. All within the space of the last four pages.

If you also hate the bombastic arrogance of the Americans, you are in for a treat though. Sharpe makes no secret of his sentiments (or lack of) in this respect. He treats his American characters in a noticeably more venomous fashion than his British (or African) ones.

But I felt cheated afterwards. The book is not up to Tom Sharpe's normal high standards and is most certainly not a worthy successor to "Porterhouse Blue". As I've said: stick to Wilt and Blott and avoid disappointment.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars t. sharpe at his best, superb., 1 Mar 1999
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i nearly made the fatal mistake of listening to this superb reading whilst driving, laughing so much can cause accidents. david jason brought to life the characters so well you could see them.if his other books are as good as this on tape,i;ll certainly have more of this
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Grantchester Grind, 19 July 2007
By Essex boy "Bob" (Essex, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Grantchester Grind: A Porterhouse Chronicle (Paperback)
I have been a fan of Tom Sharpe's for many years, and have read all his work,my favourite book being 'the throwback'.
It was well documented that Tom went through 'writers block' and I believe I'm right in saying that this book was written after this period.

Having settled down to read this with a good deal of expectation, to say I was disappointed would be an understatement.
Grantchester grind was a sad follow-up to Porterhouse blue, a book I personally really enjoyed - although not my favourite.
After the black humour of Tom's earlier works, including the wonderful South African books, this was a pale imitation of their quality.

If requested to suggest a TS book for someone, this particular book wouldn't even be on my radar....
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4.0 out of 5 stars SEQUEL TO PORTERHOUSE BLUE
This was a sequel to Porterhouse Blue. It containes the same array of characters as Porterhouse Blue including Skullion, who is now Master. Read more
Published 1 month ago by bibliophile

3.0 out of 5 stars Has its moments
I've read several Sharpe books before, such as Blott on the Landscape and Wilt, and was looking forward to reading this one after seeing the fantastic Porterhouse Blue television... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Vimeiro 1808

5.0 out of 5 stars Genius
Grantchester Grind is a fantastic piece of writing. Witty, dark, nostalgic, this is the great Tom Sharpe at his brilliant best. I haven't enjoyed a book so much in ages. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. SDL Cane

2.0 out of 5 stars A Real Grind !
Unnecessarily convoluted and desperately contrived with some rather banal un-Sharpe childish characterisations. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. Michael Smith

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Having read several of Tom Sharpe's novels and found them to be very funny, I decided to try one on audio cassette and I chose Grantchester Grind, narrated by Jonathan Cecil. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2001

2.0 out of 5 stars good tale, dreadful language
This is the sequal to Porterhouse Blue, which was written in the 1970's. In the interim Sharpe hasn't lost his wit, but he has lost his sense of language. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2000

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