The Gropes by Tom Sharpe
It is one of the more surprising facts about Old England that one can still find families living in the same houses their ancestors built centuries before and on land that has belonged to them since before the Norman Conquest. The Gropes of Grope Hall are one such family.... A brilliantly funny novel about what happens when the women take charge. The Gropes are an old English family based in Northumberland, separated from the rest of society and as eccentric as they come. It is a line dominated by strong-willed and oversexed women, determined to produce more female heirs regardless of whether their desired partners are willing ... At the dawn of the new millenium, timid and gormless teenager Esmond is abducted and lured to Grope Hall by a descendant of the Gropes. Young Esmond is powerless to escape, and his kidnap sets in motion a stream of farcical events that will have readers laughing out loud. Tom Sharpe's trademark humour abounds in this new novel, marking him out once again as an outstanding and unique British storyteller.
"A major craftsman in the art of farce..vengeful, chaotic, Swiftian in his tastes, cartoonish in his extremes, and above all wild and amusing" * Observer *
"Britain's leading practitioner of black humour" * Punch *
"Tom Sharpe serves up the loudest laughs in literary comedy. He is the great post-Waugh humorist, the Wodehouse who dares plunge into the bottomless vulgarity and hysteria of our times, and a rattling good companion on a train journey" * Mail on Sunday *
"The funniest novelist writing today" * The Times *
"Britain's leading practitioner of black humour" * Punch *
"Tom Sharpe serves up the loudest laughs in literary comedy. He is the great post-Waugh humorist, the Wodehouse who dares plunge into the bottomless vulgarity and hysteria of our times, and a rattling good companion on a train journey" * Mail on Sunday *
"The funniest novelist writing today" * The Times *
Tom Sharpe was born in 1928. He is the author of thirteen best-selling novels and In 1986 he was awarded the XXXIIIème Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir Xavier Forneret. He is married and divides his time between Cambridge and northern Spain.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780091930905 |
| ISBN 10 | 0091930901 |
| Titel | The Gropes |
| Autor | Tom Sharpe |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Cornerstone |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2009-09-03 |
| Seitenanzahl | 256 |
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