Tom Sharpe






Tom Sharpe

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born
March 30, 1928

gender
male

place of birth
London, The United Kingdom

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

Tom Sharpe is an English satirical author, born in London and educated at Lancing College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. After National Service he moved to South Africa in 1951, doing social work and teaching in Natal, until deported in 1961.

His work in South Africa inspired the novels Riotous Assembly and Indecent Exposure. From 1963 until 1972 he was a History lecturer at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology, which inspired his "Wilt" series Wilt, The Wilt Alternative, Wilt on High and Wilt in Nowhere.

His novels feature bitter and outrageous satire of the apartheid regime (Riotous Assembly and its sequel Indecent Exposure), "dumbed-" or watered-down education (the Wilt series), Engl...more




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avg rating: 3.76 | 1,705 ratings | 130 reviews | 51 distinct works | 3 fans
Wilt Wilt
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 3.96 — 280 ratings — published 1976
29 editions
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Riotous Assembly Riotous Assembly
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 4.02 — 135 ratings — published 1973
16 editions
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Porterhouse Blue Porterhouse Blue
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 3.73 — 131 ratings — published 1974
19 editions
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Indecent Exposure Indecent Exposure
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 3.91 — 119 ratings — published 1973
7 editions
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The Wilt Alternative The Wilt Alternative (Wilt, #2)
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 3.68 — 119 ratings — published 1979
13 editions
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Blott on the Landscape Blott on the Landscape
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 3.89 — 105 ratings — published 1975
16 editions
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Wilt On High Wilt On High (Wilt, #3)
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 3.76 — 106 ratings — published 1986
13 editions
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The Throwback The Throwback
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 3.88 — 92 ratings — published 1978
19 editions
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Ancestral Vices Ancestral Vices
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 3.77 — 82 ratings — published 1980
8 editions
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The Great Pursuit The Great Pursuit
by Tom Sharpe
avg rating 3.58 — 72 ratings — published 1977
10 editions
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