Tom Sharpe

Riotous Assembly

A South African policeman faces violence and revenge in apartheid-era narrative

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Tom Sharpe
Tom Sharpe

Tom Sharpe was a British comic novelist whose Wilt series and Porterhouse Blue are celebrated as exemplars of savage English satirical comedy. His targets ranged from academia to apartheid-era South Africa, which he depicted in the acidic Riotous Assembly.

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