TOM SHARPE

Foto: © L.M. Palomares

Tom Sharpe was born in 1928 and educated at Lancing College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He did his Nation Service in the Marines before going to South Africa in 1951, where he did social work before teaching in Natal. He has a photographic studio in Pietermaritzburg from 1957 until 1961, when he was deported. From 1963 to 1972 he was a lecturer in History at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology.
In 1986 he was awarded the XXXIIIeme Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir Xavier Forneret.
He is married and lives in Cambridge.
His best book in my opinion: The Throwback) :-))

Sharpe latest book Wilt in Nowhere is released (2004)!

This is Tom Sharpe's bookshelf:
(Clicking on any link (title) below brings you to more information about the books)

	Nederlands	English	Svensk	Deutsch	French
1971	Hard gelach	Riotous Assembly	En ryslig historia	Tohuwabohu	Mélée ouverte au Zouzouland
1973	Bloot slaat dood	Indecent Exposure	Tjuvnyp och skamgrepp	Mohrenwäsche	Outrage public ŕ la pudeur
1974	Jong geleerd	Porterhouse Blue	Examen i en Högre Skolan	Schwanenschmaus in Porterhouse	Porterhouse
1975	Sneu voor het milieu	Blott on the Landscape	Bara blott	Klex in der Landschaft	La route sanglante du jardinier Blott
1976	Wilt	Wilt	Wilt	Puppenmord	Wilt 1
1977	De grote achtervolging	The Great Pursuit	Best sellern	Der Renner	La grande poursuite
1978	Erfelijk belast	The Throwback		Familienbande	Le bâtard récalcitrant
1979	Wilts alternatief	The Wilt Alternative		Trabbel für Henry	Wilt 2
1980	Familie trekjes	Ancestral Vices		Feine Familie
1983	Klasse	Vintage Stuff		Alles Quatsch	Le Cru de la Comtesse
1985	Wilt zit omhoog	Wilt on High		Henry dreht auf	Wilt 3
1995	Geld stinkt niet	Grantchester Grind	Nya Prövningar Pĺ Porterhouse	Bloody Mary	Panique ŕ Porterhouse
1996	Grof geschut	The Midden	En enda röra	Ein dicker Hund	Fumiers et cie
2004	-	Wilt in Nowhere	-	-	-
1996	-	Wilt Omnibus	-	-	-

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