RIP Tom Sharpe

[high eight]

RIP.

'The Throwback', 'Riotous Assembly', and 'Indecent Exposure' were the books that had me laughing out loud the most.

I love the references to the old Border Ballads in The Throwback:

So dinna fash yoursel', sweet son,
The name ye bear be Flawse. '
Tis so the same with everyone
And no man has nie flaws.

We're Flawse or Faas but niver fause
I pledge my word by God.
For so the ballad is my source
And my true name is Dodd.'

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I ordered The Throwback and it arrived just in time for the weekend (as did the latest paperback of Bryant & May).

Was thinking that it wasn't all that funny, but then around page 50 I was in hysterics. The doctor trying to explain sex to Lockhart was brilliant!

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

The Throwback's not the funniest of Sharpe's books - in fact there's one bit in it that nearly made me throw UP!

But it's still a good book - better than Porterhouse IMO