Grantchester Grind [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Tom Sharpe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

The instinct of the true Porterhouse man when faced with a crisis is to reach for the bottle! Then to fall back on the subtle tactical skills honed at Cambridge down the centuries: blackmail and kidnapping! But will these be enough? Menaced on all sides by the collapse of the Chapel, the tentacles of organized crime and the hovering threat of the abominable Dog's Nose Man, will Porterhouse be forced to unleash his most fearsome weapon: college food?

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About the Author

Tom Sharpe was born in 1928 and educated at Lancing College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He did his national service in the Marines before moving to South Africa in 1951, where he did social work before teaching in Natal. He had a photographic studio in Pietermaritzburg from 1957 until 1961, and from 1963 to 1972 he was a lecturer in History at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. He is the author of sixteen bestselling novels, including Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, which were serialised on television, and Wilt, which was made into a film. In 1986 he was awarded the XXIIIeme Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir Xavier Forneret, and in 2010 he was awarded the inaugural BBK La Risa de Bilbao Prize. He is married and divides his time between Cambridge, England, and northern Spain. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

From AudioFile

The Porterhouse Chronicles are a series of romping, bawdy, satiric novels surrounding England's most questionable college. In this one, a murder investigation, the quest for an endowment, organized crime and erotic ambition rock the school. Jonathan Cecil delightfully gambols through the chapters like the farceur par excellence he is. occasionally, one can detect fatigue, but, by and large, he keeps his energy on high. Veddy British silliness. Y.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Chivers Audio Books; Unabridged edition (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745166733
• ISBN-13: 978-0745166735
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.8 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,488,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than Porterhouse Blue, May 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Grantchester Grind (Audio Cassette)

Although this book is the sequel to Porterhouse Blue, I liked it better. Not as good as Wilt or Blott on the Landscape, but still pretty good. My other favorites are Ancestral Vices and The Great Pursuit.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars England's funniest writer strikes again!, March 31, 2001

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Holly T. Browde "The Truth" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grantchester Grind (Audio Cassette)

Unfortunately Tom Sharpe is not the most prolific author, consequently it is exciting whenever he chooses to grace the marketplace with another offering. Grantchester Grind is a sequel to the Porterhouse series, and is yet another wickedly irreverent satire from the master.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Grindingly boring, August 11, 2000

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Sailoil - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grantchester Grind (Audio Cassette)

Sharpe is living on his reputation with this one. I suggest you avoid buying it and read Porterhouse Blue or the Throwback to see Sharpe at his very best.

Sorry Tom, but you need to keep your writing sharp!