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I gave the WILT SERIES BY TOM SHARPE to my husband. I have never heard him laugh so hard or so loudly before in all our 50 years of marriage. Sometimes he was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes. He says that Tom Sharpe is the funniest writer he has ever read.


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The Great Pursuit Tom Sharpe 9780879517335 Books Reviews

Tom Sharpe's one of the great British comic novelists of the last fifty years, if not the best. I've read his books, seen TV versions, and always with the same result. Raucous, bawdy, and, at times, bitingly satirical tales. This is another of the same.

I'm reviewing the UK 1977 Pan Books edition.

The novel falls short in the hastily fabricated ending, and I see I'm not alone to think so. Was Sharpe's own Great Pursuit to finish in a predetermined number of words? The story rushes to an end through the last couple of chapters.

I think Brits would appreciate the humor more than anyone else, because it fits a comic tradition that's British more than it is American. Nobody I know hereabouts has read any of his novels. Their loss.

It was a minor niggle, and odd, that Sharpe's research for the US scenes was lacking, with things such as misspelled place names (e.g. Ashville, NC) and huge errors in distance between Bangor and Tuscaloosa (2000 miles?). Maybe I'm being picky, but for me the little mistakes take away from the enjoyment. I haven't noticed those kinds of things in the other novels I've read, such as Porterhouse Blue, the Wilts, Blott, etc.

But it's still a damn good read. I've re-read it a few times, and will do again. I'd recommend it, but not for a first Sharpe experience. Try Blott or Wilt first.

Four stars instead of five, due only to the rushed ending and the niggles.
It was great!, I recommend this book to Amy now with a sense of humor, and who like witty tales.
Grotesque story about publishing world and some social circles. Very funny. Recommended for people with developed sense of humor or without it
Great storyline......spoof of the publishing business.
I was totally absorbed and found myself laughing out loud with this romp.
Characters are really believable.
Tom Sharpe as funny as ever!
This is a must read.
Not one of Tom Sharpe's best books. The ending in particular is poor. While it is funny it does not have the belly laughs of "Wilt" or "Riotous Assembly. Enjoyable but nothing special.
I gave the WILT SERIES BY TOM SHARPE to my husband. I have never heard him laugh so hard or so loudly before in all our 50 years of marriage. Sometimes he was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes. He says that Tom Sharpe is the funniest writer he has ever read.