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Riotous Assembly (Paperback)

by Tom Sharpe (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Pan (1973)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330234234
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330234238
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.1 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 301,213 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Murderously Funny!!, 29 Aug 2004
This review is from: Riotous Assembly (Paperback)
Riotous Assembly is a hysterically funny satire, set in the mid 20th Century South Africa.
Sharpe has taken aspects of the South African police force, which would otherwise be of serious matter and turned it into a witty and enjoyable insight into the apartheid era.
Unique and quirky characters contribute to a twisting and intriguing plot, which will make your head spin.
Even if the subject matter does not appeal to all, Sharpe's savagely hillarious approach will make you laugh out loud.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars excellent, 26 Feb 2000
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You'll come across some hilariously funny characters, Kommandent Van Heerden a racist South African policemen who will stop at nothing but to maintain the white supremacy of the South African nation, Miss Hazelstone, eccentric and English, the Bishop victim of an arbitrary police campaign to convict him for the murder of a black cook and last but no least Konstable Els raving loony mad man.

All in all it's a comedy not for the light hearted, it starts of with the shooting of a black cook by the good natured nymphomaniac Miss Hazelstone, a shiny example of all that is English. However when the police come to find out that this cook happens to have been Miss Hazelstone's lover, engrossing in acts of bondage, rubber, viagra; does a campaign start to cover up or to face a crisis of the very worst kind of White domination in South Africa. Hilariously funny taking you into a fast paced drama of shooting, hanging, sex, sex and more sex. A must be for all.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Riotous Assembly, 7 Nov 2003
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This book should carry a health warning! There were times during the reading of this book that I laughed so much I could hardly breathe. It is Tom Sharpe at his best and the book is laced with his well known brand of humour and ridiculous though somehow believable plots! The setting has since been superceeded but I don't think it detracts from the book in anyway. Not for the faint hearted or easily offended!
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5.0 out of 5 stars the funniest book ever
I first picked this book up at the age of 15 and proceeded to wet myself laughing for the next 2 days. The characters are outrageous. My clear favourite is Miss Hazlestone. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Mit Zemf

5.0 out of 5 stars I almost died!
I usually read in bed..reading this book I almost died in bed! I laughed so much the tears wet my pillowcase. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Roy Thinness

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant satire,one of the funniest books ever.
Tom Sharpe knew quite a bit about South Africa in the bad old days of apartheid,so much so that he was thrown out of the country in the early 1960s. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Franz Bieberkopf

5.0 out of 5 stars Spoof at apartheid
Tom Sharpe's spoof at apartheid is brilliantly written and its comical sense of way also exposes the tragedy of apartheid; an extreme form of the caste system where mankind was... Read more
Published on 29 April 2007 by Jay

3.0 out of 5 stars An Unrestratined Comic Pummeling of the RSA
If you're ever in the mood for a hugely over-the-top farce about apartheid-era South Africa, well, this is the book for you. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2005 by A. Ross

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as the book
I read the book in my teenage years and all the action then is brought to life with these tapes.

Simon Callow reads it brillantly; his accents are great; he sets the scenes well... Read more

Published on 26 Jul 2003 by barney740

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the wittiest, and most insane books ever written.
A wonderful mockery of everything, especially Apartheid. It is witty, silly, and overthe top. But that is the charm. Read more
Published on 23 April 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious but introspective at the same time
Only Tom Sharpe could write a book so funny you are giggling all through it but also so powerful at making you understand how apartheid really worked. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2002

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