The Wilt Alternative [Import] [Paperback]

Tom Sharpe (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Pan Books Ltd; First Thus edition (1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330263382
• ISBN-13: 978-0330263382
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,382,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to his usual par, November 26, 1999

By 

Nicholas Berry - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wilt Alternative (Hardcover)

I really like Tom Sharpe. But after reading the South African novels and then jumping ahead to Blott on the Landscape (a classic), I was disappointed in this one. I have a difficult time with novels wherein the protagonist an unlikeable jerk. I had no empathy for him whatsoever. The book had a contrived setup for the main plot device (the hostage situation), which took up half the book. The foreign student was poorly developed and her mid-narrative personality shift was quite hard to swallow. The only saving grace in the book was Wilt's wife, who has a force of character that stole the show. She should have been the protagonist. For your own sake, read this only if you're a Sharpe fanatic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swiftian outrageous satire of English College Prof; A+!, March 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Wilt Alternative (Paperback)

Tom Sharpe, the contemporary Swift of satire, continues the romping escapades of his inauspicious Wilt, along with Wilt's terrif(ic)ying progeny and blundering spouse. To read Sharpe in any tome is to become entombed in the outrageously funny consequences of trying to simply be. Life can be funny when you're not trying. * Any book by this author is worth the read... too bad there aren't enough available. The South African novels are a must! - Indecent Exposure and Riotous Assembly plus the Porterhouse Blue

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical!, October 11, 2004

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Arthur Leach (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wilt Alternative (Paperback)

I "borrowed" this book from my dad, without knowing anything about Tom Sharpe or his style. Mr. Sharpe is a master of farce! I often found myself laughing uncontrollably at the antics of Wilt, his family and his colleagues. A great light read!