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Porterhouse Blue
Tom Sharpe
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Description for Porterhouse Blue
paperback. Porterhouse is a backwoods institution which is supported by fee-paying students who buy their degrees. Sir Godber Evans, the new Master, is determined to make radical changes, provoking the wrath of the Dean, the Senior Tutor and, most intransigent of all, Skullion the Head Porter. Series: Porterhouse Blue Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 228.
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The 'endlessly funny' novel widely regarded as a classic of comic English literature
Porterhouse College is world renowned for its gastronomic excellence, the arrogance of its Fellows, its academic mediocrity and the social cache it confers on the athletic sons of country families.
Sir Godber Evans, ex-Cabinet Minister and the new Master, is determined to change all this. Spurred on by his politically angular wife, Lady Mary, he challenges the established order and provokes the wrath of the Dean, the Senior Tutor, the Bursar and, most intransigent of all, Skullion the Head Porter - with hilarious and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Series
Porterhouse Blue Series
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099435464
SKU
9780099435464
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About Tom Sharpe
Tom Sharpe was born in 1928 and educated at Lancing College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He did his national service in the Marines before moving to South Africa in 1951, where he did social work before teaching in Natal. He had a photographic studio in Pietermaritzburg from 1957 until 1961, and from 1963 to 1972 he was a lecturer in ... Read more
Reviews for Porterhouse Blue
Terrific. It is light years since I read anything so original ... (the) character drawing is wonderful ... a very good book
P.G. Wodehouse A toppling house of comic cards that knock you flat. He is the funniest author to have emerged for years
Observer
Chuckling good fun, a glorious romp
Sunday Express
This supremely ... Read more
P.G. Wodehouse A toppling house of comic cards that knock you flat. He is the funniest author to have emerged for years
Observer
Chuckling good fun, a glorious romp
Sunday Express
This supremely ... Read more