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Tom Sharpe

Born March 30, 1928 · Died June 6, 2013

From Holloway, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: United Kingdom · Writes fiction

Wikipedia

Thomas Ridley Sharpe (London, 30 March 1928 – Llafranch, Gerona, 6 June 2013) was an English satirical novelist, best known for his Wilt series, as well as Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, all three of which were adapted for television.

Quotes

  • “I have yet to meet a liberal who can withstand the attrition of prolonged discussion of the inessentials.”
    Porterhouse Blue, Chapter 2
  • “The number of choirboys indecently assaulted annually by vicars and churchwardens may lead you to suppose that England is a deeply religious country.”
    The Wilt Alternative
  • “While he lived a violent life in his imagination, Eva, lacking any imagination at all, lived violently in fact.”
    Wilt
  • ‘There’s nothing I enjoy more than listening to a highly trained intelligence leapfrogging common sense and coming to the wrong conclusions. It gives me renewed faith in parliamentary democracy.’
    Wilt on High
  • “His had been an intellectual decision founded on his conviction that if a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal.”
    Porterhouse Blue, Chapter 18

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Tom Sharpe in order

Books by Tom Sharpe in the order they were published, from Riotous Assembly (1971) to Todo Wilt (2020).

  1. 1Riotous AssemblyRiotous Assembly1971
  2. 2Indecent ExposureIndecent Exposure1973
  3. 3Blott on the LandscapeBlott on the Landscape1975
  4. 4WiltWilt1976
  5. 5The Great PursuitThe Great Pursuit1977
  6. 6The ThrowbackThe Throwback1978
  7. 7The Wilt AlternativeThe Wilt Alternative1979
  8. 8Ancestral VicesAncestral Vices1980
  9. 9Vintage StuffVintage Stuff1982
  10. 10Wilt on HighWilt on High1984
  11. 11Blot on the LandscapeBlot on the Landscape1985
  12. 12Porterhouse BluePorterhouse Blue1988
  13. 13Grantchester GrindGrantchester Grind1995
  14. 14Tom Sharpe TrebleTom Sharpe Treble1995
  15. 15The MiddenThe Midden1996
  16. 16Wilt in TriplicateWilt in Triplicate1996
  17. 17Tohuwabohu. RomanTohuwabohu. Roman2002
  18. 18Wilt in NowhereWilt in Nowhere2004
  19. 19A Busca InterminávelA Busca Interminável2007
  20. 20The GropesThe Gropes2009
  21. 21The Wilt InheritanceThe Wilt Inheritance2010
  22. 22Todo WiltTodo Wilt2020

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