Vintage Stuff

Here's a cascade of dark humour, charged with vitriolic caricatures, and where an awful odyssey across France and gun fights, caused by absurd misunderstandings, serve the rescuing of a rather dubious Countess. It's an hilarious and crazy journey, starting with the education of an idiot (entrusted to half-mad teachers in a College which has nothing to envy to a high security prison!) and taking us all the way through the consequences of a prank gone chaotic. Tom Sharpe strikes again!

I suppose for someone from the mileu it's quite funny but I found it a bit forced almost like the author had decided on a list of things he was going to poke fun at and was ticking them off one by one.

The Story revolves around Peregrine Clyde-Browne who takes everything literally, follows orders to the absolute letter and gets sent to the only school that will take him (apart from the local comprehensive where his mother doesn't want him to go). Hi-jinks ensue when he becomes embroiled in a plot involving rival schoolteachers.

Funny as you'd expect from Tom Sharpe.
Silly, but something I especially enjoyed is the cover illustration, which does a fantastic job of capturing the wild-eyed empty-brained teenager Peregrine.

Truly vintage Tom Sharpe. Whenever you feel the need to laugh out loud, he is the author you should turn to. Great book!

Estantería pasillo, columna tercera, estante 2.