Tom Sharpe: Indecent Exposure; The Great Pursuit; Porterhouse Blue; Blott On The Landscape
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, light wear, appears to be in protective sleeve. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Hardcover, appears tight and intact.
This omnibus edition brings together four of Tom Sharpe's most celebrated comic novels in one complete and unabridged volume, showcasing the full range of his anarchic, satirical genius. Indecent Exposure skewers apartheid-era South Africa through the misadventures of a bumbling police force, while The Great Pursuit wickedly lampoons the publishing industry and the absurdities of literary fame. Porterhouse Blue takes aim at the pomposity of Cambridge academic life, chronicling the chaos that erupts when a reforming Master attempts to drag an ancient college into the modern age, and Blott on the Landscape presents a riotous battle between an aristocratic eccentric and a government motorway scheme threatening her ancestral home. Sharpe's prose is relentlessly farcical, driven by escalating catastrophe and sharp social observation, making this collection an essential cornerstone of British comic literature.
Author: Tom Sharpe
Format: Hardback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, light wear, appears to be in protective sleeve. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Hardcover, appears tight and intact.
This omnibus edition brings together four of Tom Sharpe's most celebrated comic novels in one complete and unabridged volume, showcasing the full range of his anarchic, satirical genius. Indecent Exposure skewers apartheid-era South Africa through the misadventures of a bumbling police force, while The Great Pursuit wickedly lampoons the publishing industry and the absurdities of literary fame. Porterhouse Blue takes aim at the pomposity of Cambridge academic life, chronicling the chaos that erupts when a reforming Master attempts to drag an ancient college into the modern age, and Blott on the Landscape presents a riotous battle between an aristocratic eccentric and a government motorway scheme threatening her ancestral home. Sharpe's prose is relentlessly farcical, driven by escalating catastrophe and sharp social observation, making this collection an essential cornerstone of British comic literature.