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Puppenmord. Oder Bis dass ihr Tod ihn scheidet. (Wilt #1)
by
Tom Sharpe
Wilt is given to elaborate and vindictive fantasies about his wife, the massive, domineering Eva. But when Eva becomes a Missing Person, following an embarrassing incident at a party they both attend, the police want to question Wilt.
Taschenbuch, 313 pages
Published
July 1st 2001
by Goldmann
(first published 1976)
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I read this book many years ago and I can still remember it, which is a good sign, as I never remember anything. I still laugh aloud when I think of Wilt with the blow up doll...not what you think.
Henry Wilt is an innocent in this world, and is swept along by events he is unable to control. A bit like all our lives.
There was a film made of Wilt which was very funny, but I believe it fell short of the book and my imagination.
I am always concerned when I review a novel not to give the plot away, s...more
Henry Wilt is an innocent in this world, and is swept along by events he is unable to control. A bit like all our lives.
There was a film made of Wilt which was very funny, but I believe it fell short of the book and my imagination.
I am always concerned when I review a novel not to give the plot away, s...more
Ce qu'il y a de bien chez Sharpe, c'est qu'on est sûr de rire et de découvrir des scènes cocasses, voire même coriaces ! Ici, le sous-titre en dit long ! Wilt, héros éponyme, est un homme assez classique, professeur de culture générale. Sa femme Eva est une dinde crédule et plutôt cruche, qui se laisse influencer par Sally (Sally la salope, la bien nommée), une nymphomane féministe (c'est en réalité plus complexe, mais à vous de la découvrir). En parlant d'elle, j'aime la relation Sally/Gaskell,...more
Henry Wilt, tied to a daft job and a domineering wife, has just been passed over for promotion yet again. Ahead of him at the Polytechnic stretch years of trying to thump literature into the heads of plasterers, joiners, butchers and the like. And things are no better at home where his massive wife, Eva, is given to boundless and unpredictable fits of enthusiasm - for transcendental meditation, yoga or the trampoline.
But if Wilt can do nothing about his job, he realises he can do something ab
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Category: Books
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Author: Tom Sharpe
Jujur gw beli buku ini karena covernya yang menarik. FYI, cover yang gw tampilkan di sini bukan cover yang terbit di Indonesia. Cover Indonesianya ga ada tuh pas gw search di Mbah Google. Cover yang Indonesia lebih ganteng dan lebih mengundang rasa penasaran yang menggelikan. Apalagi harga buku ini terbilang murah. Cuma Rp 19.250! Gw ingat banget karena saking murahnya untuk ukuran Gramedia.
Ternyata pas baca gw jadi sadar kenapa buk...more
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Author: Tom Sharpe
Jujur gw beli buku ini karena covernya yang menarik. FYI, cover yang gw tampilkan di sini bukan cover yang terbit di Indonesia. Cover Indonesianya ga ada tuh pas gw search di Mbah Google. Cover yang Indonesia lebih ganteng dan lebih mengundang rasa penasaran yang menggelikan. Apalagi harga buku ini terbilang murah. Cuma Rp 19.250! Gw ingat banget karena saking murahnya untuk ukuran Gramedia.
Ternyata pas baca gw jadi sadar kenapa buk...more
Jan 08, 2010
pinknantucket
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3 of 5 stars
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This is the story of Henry Wilt, who’s a chap not really content with his middle-class existence. Neither is his wife, Eva, who wishes he had a more prestigious job and a bit more ambition and so on. Wilt fantasises about murdering his wife, especially after she meets an odious American couple, Sally and Gaskell Pringsheim, who are into Sexual Freedom and Women’s Lib and all sorts of revolutionary new things. Wilt even goes so far as to “practice” Eva’s murder, while she is away with the Pringsh...more
Very rarely do I find a book so clever and witty that I actually laugh out loud as I turn the pages. (Unfortunately, I've come across many a book that had me laughing out loud because the writing was just bloody awful, but that's a topic for another day.) Until recently I had never heard of Tom Sharpe, nor of his books--in particular, his outrageously wonderful novel, WILT (published decades ago), until I was given a copy as a gift by a delightfully ornery friend. What a gem! (On both counts.)
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Humerous, celever and very well written. I enjoyed this story very much.
It's about a rather depressed, anti-social individual named Henry wilt who is fed up with his job at tech which he has had for ten years in a row and his wife who he been married to for twelvs years and fantasizes about killing her regulary on walks with his dog. It is one night after a horrid party his wife dragged him to, he decides to but thoughts into action with a plastic doll he had been humiliated with at the very sa...more
It's about a rather depressed, anti-social individual named Henry wilt who is fed up with his job at tech which he has had for ten years in a row and his wife who he been married to for twelvs years and fantasizes about killing her regulary on walks with his dog. It is one night after a horrid party his wife dragged him to, he decides to but thoughts into action with a plastic doll he had been humiliated with at the very sa...more
it was one of those days when you want to be surprised that i picked up this book to read. i had never heard of this author or the book before. so decided to read on. when you see the book cover and the summary at the back you can always put it in the genre of PG Wodehouse. the book cover is cartoonish. the title is based on the lead character of the book.
Tom sharpe is a very famous author who writes about class difference in a country. he is very famous for his satirical remarks in his book (wh...more
Tom sharpe is a very famous author who writes about class difference in a country. he is very famous for his satirical remarks in his book (wh...more
Henry Wilt is a lecturer at a Tech in the south of England, who frequently fantasizes about murdering his wife while taking the dog for a walk. Eva Wilt is a neat freak and hasn’t been touched by her husband in what seems like years. When the fashionable Pringsheims arrive at their neighborhood, they lives take an exciting turn - for the worse.
The backcover promised me “the funniest detective story in years”, and other twists on the word “hilarious”, but while this was amusing, I didn’t laugh ou...more
The backcover promised me “the funniest detective story in years”, and other twists on the word “hilarious”, but while this was amusing, I didn’t laugh ou...more
Una comèdia fantàstica. Un humor que deixa veure com n'és d'absurda la vida de vegades...
The acerbic humor and the sexual content of the narrative was a bit too much for my Wodehouse-enriched literary soul to engorge; nevertheless, as I got over the initial chapters, I started enjoying the book.The plot is absolutely marvelous it contains Henry Wilt, a disillusioned teacher at an institution who faces morbid adult-students and has to read Lord of the Flies every term. His life is sunk in blind ignavia and, added to this, his wife is a ever-ready-to-be-molded maiden willing to try an...more
Oct 06, 2010
Khairul H.
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4 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
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general-fiction
Wilt is a meek, thirty-something Liberal Studies lecturer at a technical college who fantasises of murdering his wife, changes his mind but is investigated for it anyway because the police refuses to believe that anyone would dump an inflatable doll with a vagina down a thirty-foot hole in the middle of a night. Things are made worse when his wife is unaccounted for (she is stranded on a stolen boat playing Scrabble with a sexually liberated American couple) and his superiors at the college inad...more
Het lijkt wel een eeuw geleden dat ik dit boek voor het eerst las. Dat is altijd een risico. Ik had er goede herinneringen aan, die worden maar al te vaak teniet gedaan. Boeken kunnen snel gedateerd raken. Hoewel de tijd waarin Wilt zich afspeelt lichtjaren voorbij lijkt blijft het boek overiend, door de manier waarop ermee wordt omgesprongen. Ten tijde van het verschijnen werd auteur Tom Sharpe van alle kanten nodeloze grofheid verweten. Met het verstrijken van de tijd is dat nu niet meer vol t...more
Schon als ich das Buch bekommen habe, habe ich gehört dass das ein moderner Klassiker ist. Sehr witzig, und muss man unbedingt gelesen haben.
Endlich habe ich es einmal zur Hand genommen, aber entweder es war der falsche Zeitpunkt, oder es liegt an der Übersetzung, oder ich habe einfach einen anderen Humor. Eigentlich wollte ich das Buch schon viel früher weglegen, als ich merkte dass ich es mich nicht wirklich interessierte. Aber ich zwang mich dann doch noch 2x zum Weiterlesen, weil es wirklich...more
Endlich habe ich es einmal zur Hand genommen, aber entweder es war der falsche Zeitpunkt, oder es liegt an der Übersetzung, oder ich habe einfach einen anderen Humor. Eigentlich wollte ich das Buch schon viel früher weglegen, als ich merkte dass ich es mich nicht wirklich interessierte. Aber ich zwang mich dann doch noch 2x zum Weiterlesen, weil es wirklich...more
Henry Wilt is unhappy. After ten years of trying to teach English literature to day-release apprentices in classes like Meat One and Plasterers Two, he's fed up. He's a good teacher, but hasn't a chance of getting anywhere because the nitwits who run the college are desperate to get the place upgraded to a poly, so they're only interested in promoting post-modern poseurs who can't string together a coherent sentence.
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It's an outlandish plot, but full of bawdy Brit humor, a very funny book. During one scene a police inspector talks to the main character Wilt, after a pretty funny set of circumstances lead them to believe he has murdered his wife, and Wilt is purposely giving them the runaround during interrogation sessions that go on forever. The police inspector states "I know what you are, Wilt. A bloody word merchant, a verbal contortionist." I'd say that describes the author pretty well - loved his word s...more
Read it again after long - its still as hilarious as I remember it 10 years ago. Wilt used to be my favorite, especially once rejuvenated but this time I was flipping pages waiting for an appearance by the indelible Dr. Board. Sample this - "I've never had much sympathy with necrophilia before but I do begin to see its attractions now".
I still do think Wodehouse trumps Sharpe writing-wise. It could be since I do like laughing out aloud after plowing through the prolix. That, only the master can...more
I still do think Wodehouse trumps Sharpe writing-wise. It could be since I do like laughing out aloud after plowing through the prolix. That, only the master can...more
Livre amusant a lire si on veut se remémorer le contexte du début des années 70, ou la révolution sociale était en plein clash avec le moralisme ambiant. Je ne peux pas dire que je partage les vues de Tom Sharpe, un peu poussiéreuses et vieillottes, mais ce fut un livre plaisant a lire et Wilt un personnage hors-norme a découvrir. Ceci dit, je ne vais sans doute pas me laisser tenter par les volumes suivants, auxquels je préfèrerais une littérature plus contemporaine.
Bookshops in the 70s and 80s were well stocked with the lurid covers of Tom Sharpe's books. I am sure that I read some of these in my late teens, but don't think I read Wilt. It is easy to see why Sharpe was popular. He is a very decent writer with good dialogue. The farce is well-sustained and well-plotted, a bit like a high quality and very explicit 1970s sitcom. For the relatively broadminded only, Wilt is a high-tempo and good-natured farce
I wanted to re-read this because now I teach, not Meat 3, but IT 3 and I thought I'd enjoy this book again. I remember it as being the only one of Sharpe's books that I liked when I read them years ago. It's still very funny - but it did remind me of that comment by Germaine Greer: 'Most women have no idea how much men hate them.' It's a long-gone era of course, but the misogyny jumped out.
Found this a bit slow to get going and not particularly funny. But just as I was about to wilt (sorry!) & abandon the book, it picked up and regularly made me smile out loud. There are a number of vivid scenes that will never be forgotten by the reader. If there's a moral to this story, it is to tell a pork pie to the police when they're not interested in the truth.
I would love to have a couple of beers with this author. He stories are supremely funny and very well written. This character Wilt is a teacher at a voc-tech school in England. The humor is that understated British kind--with lots of bumbling idiots vying for promotion. It's got really funny sex scenes too. Highly recommend
Don't make the mistake of reading this book in public. Everyone will think you're crazy. I have rarely laughed so much reading anything. It's very light but totally hilarious. After reading this I became a fan of Tom Sharpe and read more of his books. They are perfect if you are looking for light relief or need cheering up.
I think the farcical nature of this book was its redeeming feature - the characters were just a smidge larger than life, so it made reading about their various failings and mishaps more funny than depressing. It was a quick and eventful read, recommended for planes and places where a good distraction is needed.
To be honest, i found the book incredibly boring at the beginning. Now that i've finished it, i think it was well worthy or my time. I found it a bit too weird but at the same time the story works, and the writing style is great. Also, the development of Wilt throughout the book is interesting, and ironical. So, all in all, it's a decent read but certainly not a favourite of mine.
An absolutely hilarious book. I was a little unsure to begin wiht, but it didn't take long before I was roaring with laughter. Wilt's dilemmas seem unbelievable, and yet believeable as well. There's a bit of Wilt in all of us, a most unlikely hero, and yet likely as well, because we are all Wilt.
Excellent. Not as crackingly funny as the review on the cover lets understand, but it is still very well written, the characters are amazingly detailed and reminding us of people we know, or know of. It is a bit like an episode of Columbo : we know the end, but the best part is how we get there...
Absolute classic, first episode in a series of books about poor Wilt the hen pecked, social studies teacher experiencing a mid-life crisis. I first read this as a school project in the late 70s and fell in love with the witty and often bizarre style of Tom Sharpe.
One of the most hilarious books I have ever read. I can't even start to dissect it here, and it has been a long time since I read it frankly, but it still sticks in my mind and I remember the stitch I got in my side from laughing when it all came together.
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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 Coll...more
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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 Coll...more
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