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Tom Sharpe. Thomas Ridley Sharpe (30 March 1928 – 6 June 2013) [1] was an English satirical novelist, best known for his Wilt series, as well as Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, all three of which were adapted for television.
Wilt is a comedic novel by Tom Sharpe, first published by Secker and Warburg in 1976. Later editions were published by Pan Books, and Overlook TP. The novel was a bestseller. [1] [2] Its success led to the author writing several sequels.
Porterhouse Blue was adapted into a 1987 TV series by Malcolm Bradbury for Channel 4 in four episodes. The film starred Ian Richardson playing the role of Sir Godber Evans and David Jason as Skullion. Wilt was adapted into a 1989 movie by the same name featuring Mel Smith, Eva Wilt and Griff Rhys Jones. Wilt.
Wilt Series by Tom Sharpe. 5 primary works • 8 total works. Book 1. Wilt. by Tom Sharpe. 3.95 · 13,858 Ratings · 856 Reviews · published 1976 · 103 editions. Henry Wilt, tied to a daft job and a domineering w… Want to Read. Rate it: Book 2. The Wilt Alternative. by Tom Sharpe. 3.89 · 4,032 Ratings · 145 Reviews · published 1979 · 52 editions.
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When his endlessly capricious wife Eva receives plane tickets for the family to visit Auntie Joan and Uncle Wally in Atlanta, Wilt knows only one thing - that nothing could entice him to fly...
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Jun 6, 2013 · Sharpe wrote five books in the Wilt series. The British author Tom Sharpe, who wrote the 1974 novel Porterhouse Blue, has died aged 85. Sharpe, who was born in London in 1928, died in the coastal...