{"product_id":"books-riotous-assembly-by-tom-sharpe","title":"Riotous Assembly","description":"\u003cp\u003eTom Sharpe's savagely funny first novel is set in South Africa, where the author was imprisoned and later deported.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational \u003cem\u003ecrime passionnel\u003c\/em\u003e, the hasty, rude members of the South African police force are soon upon the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman leads to the most memorable transplant operation yet recorded; Luitenant Verkramp of the Security Branch, ever active in his search for Communist cells; Konstabel Els, with his propensity for shooting first and not thinking later--and also for forcing himself upon African women in a manner legally reserved for male members of their own race.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the course of the bizarre events that follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions when the Kommandant is held captive in Miss Hazelstone's remarkable rubber room; and some even more amazing perversions of justice when Miss Hazelstone's brother, the Bishop of Barotseland, is sentenced to be hanged from the ancient gallows of the local prison.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot a political novel in any previously imagined sense, \u003cem\u003eRiotous Assembly\u003c\/em\u003e provides a completely fresh approach to the horror of South Africa--an approach at once outrageous and startling in its deadpan savagery. Along with \u003cem\u003eIndecent Exposure\u003c\/em\u003e, this does for South Africa what Swift's \u003cem\u003eA Modest Proposal\u003c\/em\u003e did for Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53674115825937,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780330234238.jpg?v=1781529504","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-riotous-assembly-by-tom-sharpe","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}