Porterhouse Blue by Tom Sharpe (English) Paperback Book

Description: Porterhouse Blue by Tom Sharpe Never before published in America, and now a six-hour PBS presentation, Porterhouse Blue is the story of one college campus with more problems than students. A revolution at Porterhouse College sends a lot of things out in the open—namely one gross of condoms. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The basis of a PBS miniseries, Porterhouse Blue confirms that Tom Sharpe is "an excellent writer and absolutely hilarious. His characterizations are deft, his plots are brilliant, and his prose style is smooth and winning" (P.J. ORourke). To Porterhouse College-bastion of a formidable crew team, lavish dining hall and wine cellar, and laughable academic standards-comes a crusading new Master. Porterhouse alumni believe in manly sports, the royal family, and brandy in the library with a fervor they bring to few intellectual positions. And the college upholds a long tradition of granting degrees to a certain number of muttonheaded young gentlemen of enviable pedigree and adequate family contribution to the schools treasury. The new Master, afire with liberal zeal, upsets everyones digestion with a speech outlining plans to do things that simply arent done: the admission of women, a cafeteria to replace the revered service of the kitchens, and contraceptive dispensers in every bathroom. The shock of the new and modern rattles even the college retainers. The head porter, Skullion, perhaps the staunchest supporter of the old way, rallies some powerful graduates to the cause, including the illustrious Canon Bowel and the madly wealthy-and plain mad-Sir Cathcart DEath. Their counterrevolutionary efforts result, among other peculiar events, in the most bizarre disaster seen at Cambridge in five hundred years, and in an escalation of threats, bluffs, and maneuvers to shame the shadiest of politicians. And the production of an investigative documentary on the strange doings at Porterhouse precipitates scandal of the highest order and an utterly unforeseeable conclusion. Author Biography Tom Sharpe was born in 1928. He did his National Service in the Marines before going to South Africa in 1951 where he was a social worker, and a teacher in Natal. From 1963 to 1972 he was a lecturer in History at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. Details ISBN0871132796 Author Tom Sharpe Pages 219 Publisher Atlantic Monthly Press Language English ISBN-10 0871132796 ISBN-13 9780871132796 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 1994 Publication Date 1994-01-31 Short Title PORTERHOUSE BLUE Residence Cambridge, ENK Birth 1928 Imprint Atlantic Monthly Press DOI 10.1604/9780871132796 Audience General/Trade Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 1994-01-18 NZ Release Date 1994-01-18 US Release Date 1994-01-18 UK Release Date 1994-01-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:9641113;

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