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Henry Wilt, Tom Sharpe's beleaguered hero, returns again for another hilarious dose of quickfire farce. Stuck in a job he doesn't want -- but can't afford to lose -- as nominal Head of the Communications Department at Fenland University, Wilt is still subject to the whims of The Powers That Be, both in and outside of work. The demands of his snobbish wife Eva, and the stupendous school fees of his despicable quadruplet daughters, cause him the biggest headaches... apart from the hangovers, that is. When Eva signs him up for a summer job, teaching the gun-toting idiot son of a lusty local aristocrat, Wilt is not amused. But, as circumstances unravel and the summer goes on, Wilt sees that the situation could be put to his financial advantage, as well as giving Eva some headaches of her own. With Tom Sharpe's famous dark humour in full evidence, and an explosive plot which takes its readers to places they never realised they wanted to visit, The Wilt Inheritance is
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TOM SHARPE was born in 1928 and educated at Lancing College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He did his National Service in the Marines before going 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. From 1963 to 1972 he was a lecturer in History at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. In 1986 he was awarded the XXXIII-me Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir Xavier Forneret. He divides his time between Cambridge and Spain.
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Condition: Very Good. : En esta entrega de la serie Wilt, Tom Sharpe nos presenta a Henry Wilt, quien se encuentra atrapado en un trabajo que no le gusta pero que no puede permitirse perder. Las exigencias de su esposa Eva y las elevadas cuotas escolares de sus hijas cuatrillizas le causan grandes dolores de cabeza. Cuando Eva lo inscribe en un trabajo de verano, enseñando al hijo de un aristócrata local, Wilt no está contento. Sin embargo, a medida que avanza el verano, Wilt ve que la situación podría ser ventajosa para él. EAN: 9780091797010 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Wilt Inheritance Autor: Tom Sharpe Editorial: Hutchinson Idioma: en Páginas: 336 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2026-10-30-5194cbad
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