RIP Tom Sharpe

[Bouncy Castle]

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 town of Llafranc in north eastern Spain on Thursday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22795507

 

[Dotsie]

RIP Tom

 

[michelanCello]

I didn't know him or his works, but still sad... RIP

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Mici. Somebody loaned me one of his books many years ago.

I got on the train home from work, got out the book, and about five pages later, had to put the book away as I was laughing hysterically and people were looking at me!

 

[Tonyblack]

And Blott on the Landscape. I recently found the whole series on DVD in a charity shop and thought Geraldine James would make a really good Lady Sybil.

RIP Tom.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Blott was made by the BBC.

ITV did Porterhouse Blue, if I remember correctly.

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Sad news RIP Tom

 

[Ghost]

I enjoy his books RIP Tom

 

[Tonyblack]

Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones did "Wilt" if I remember correctly. There was a lot of questions asked by viewers about where they could get such a lifelike blow-up doll. The Misadventures of Mr Wilt.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

It was Wilt that had my hysterical on the train!!

 

[Penfold]

RIP.

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

 

[The Mad Collector]

Tom Sharpe RIP

The author Tom Sharpe, who wrote the 1974 novel Porterhouse Blue, along with the Wilt series and others has died aged 85.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22795507

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Re: Tom Sharpe RIP

Edited to remove previous post.

 

[Tonyblack]

I have merged the two topics. I'm starting to get the hang of this moderating malarkey.

 

[janet]

Tom Sharpe Rest in Peace

Wilt, Blot, Porterhouse........
Thank you Tom Sharpe for so much enjoyment and R.I.P.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I did like the TV one Blot and Porterhouse Blue, R.I.P

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Blott was made by the BBC.

ITV did Porterhouse Blue, if I remember correctly.

Wrong. It was Channel Four.

 

[raisindot]

That makes me verrrrrry sad.

I first 'discovered' Sharpe when I found a whole bunch of his paperbacks selling for a dollar each on a remainder table at a local bookshop in the mid 1980s. I was mainly attracted by the covers.

Luckily, one of the Wilt books was the first I read and I was hooked. I read everything he wrote and he became my favorite 'modern' British author long before I had heard of Pterry. Then it seemed in the early 90s he stopped writing, or that none of books were published in the U.S. I don't think I've read anything more recent than Wilt on High. Very sad that he's gone.

 

[Penfold]

That makes me verrrrrry sad.

Luckily, one of the Wilt books was the first I read and I was hooked. I read everything he wrote and he became my favorite 'modern' British author long before I had heard of Pterry. Then it seemed in the early 90s he stopped writing, or that none of books were published in the U.S. I don't think I've read anything more recent than Wilt on High. Very sad that he's gone.

His last Wilt book was released in 2010 called "The Wilt Inheritance" and prior to that was "Wilt in Nowhere", released in 2004.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Never read his books, just never got around to it.