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From: cjh@petsd.UUCP (Chris Henrich)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Yet Another Funniest Book
Message-ID: <487@petsd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 16:51:54 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  1 16:51:54 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Apr-85 08:05:56 EST
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Has anyone else discovered Tom Sharpe?  He is an Englishman,
writing sardonically farcical novels something like the early
Kingsley Amis.  If you like to laugh, Mr. Sharpe can help.

My favorite so far is "Wilt."  The plot cannot be summarized
without the protection of "rot13."  If you've read Chaucer,
in particular "The Miller's Tale", well - "Wilt" has the same
kind of extravagantly improbable, extravagantly ribald plot, 
sustained over the length of a novel.

"Wilt," "The Wilt Alternative," "Vintage Stuff," and others
are currently available in paperback.

Regards,
Chris

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