Tom Sharpe - Dead
Jun 6th 2013, 11:23 am
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Tom Sharpe - Dead
I liked his novels, Porterhouse Blue, Wilt, Blott on the Landscape.
Brilliantly funny and satirical.
Sad he only wrote a few.
RIP
Edited to add, he wrote a bit more than I recall, never read any of his stuff from mid 90s on.
Porterhouse Blue series
Porterhouse Blue (1974)
Grantchester Grind (1995)
Wilt series
Wilt (1976)
The Wilt Alternative (1979)
Wilt On High (1984)
Wilt in Triplicate (omnibus) (1996)
Wilt in Nowhere (2004)
The Wilt Inheritance (2010)
Other novels
Riotous Assembly (1971)
Indecent Exposure (1973)
Blott on the Landscape (1975)
The Great Pursuit (1977)
The Throwback (1978)
Ancestral Vices (1980)
Vintage Stuff (1982)
The Midden (1996)
The Gropes (2009)
Collections
Selected Works (1986)
Tom Sharpe Library Pack (2001)
Short stories
Stirring the Pot (1994)
The anthology Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy (1998) features a story by Tom Sharpe
Brilliantly funny and satirical.
Sad he only wrote a few.
RIP
Edited to add, he wrote a bit more than I recall, never read any of his stuff from mid 90s on.
Porterhouse Blue series
Porterhouse Blue (1974)
Grantchester Grind (1995)
Wilt series
Wilt (1976)
The Wilt Alternative (1979)
Wilt On High (1984)
Wilt in Triplicate (omnibus) (1996)
Wilt in Nowhere (2004)
The Wilt Inheritance (2010)
Other novels
Riotous Assembly (1971)
Indecent Exposure (1973)
Blott on the Landscape (1975)
The Great Pursuit (1977)
The Throwback (1978)
Ancestral Vices (1980)
Vintage Stuff (1982)
The Midden (1996)
The Gropes (2009)
Collections
Selected Works (1986)
Tom Sharpe Library Pack (2001)
Short stories
Stirring the Pot (1994)
The anthology Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy (1998) features a story by Tom Sharpe
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Jun 6th 2013, 11:45 am
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Re: Tom Sharpe - Dead
RIP.
One of the few authors who could generate real laugh-out-loud scenarios. The cheese grater is seared into my mind.
One of the few authors who could generate real laugh-out-loud scenarios. The cheese grater is seared into my mind.
Jun 6th 2013, 12:22 pm
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Jun 6th 2013, 12:24 pm
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Re: Tom Sharpe - Dead
It's so long since I read them I couldn't recall, you're probably right. I take it the bit you mean is when he had a slight inflammation of the member and used the cheese-grater to bring the swelling down?
Jun 6th 2013, 12:56 pm
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No, the Irish gynaecologist with the condom full of oven cleaner having a spot of local difficulty...
Jun 6th 2013, 3:45 pm
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Re: Tom Sharpe - Dead
Never read any of his books (but high up the list now). My folks used to have Wilt, Porterhouse Blues
and didn't Robin Williams appear in one or more TS films?
and didn't Robin Williams appear in one or more TS films?
Jun 6th 2013, 4:34 pm
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Porterhouse Blue starred David Jason, Blott on the Landscape David Suchet ( and Jimmy Nail in a minor but significant part), also George Cole and Geraldine James ( both TV adaptions) Wilt ( a film) starred Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith.
I should probably get out more...
Jun 6th 2013, 4:58 pm
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Don't think Robin Williams appeared in any of his films/TV adaptions.
Porterhouse Blue starred David Jason, Blott on the Landscape David Suchet ( and Jimmy Nail in a minor but significant part), also George Cole and Geraldine James ( both TV adaptions) Wilt ( a film) starred Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith.
I should probably get out more...
Porterhouse Blue starred David Jason, Blott on the Landscape David Suchet ( and Jimmy Nail in a minor but significant part), also George Cole and Geraldine James ( both TV adaptions) Wilt ( a film) starred Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith.
I should probably get out more...
I'm thinking of John Irvine's World According to Garp, Cider House Rules etc - think my folks had those too.
