Riotous Assembly - Softcover

Sharpe, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871131439 ISBN 13: 9780871131430

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994

Synopsis

Offering all the qualities of his general bestselling fiction, this is Tom Sharpe's blazing satire of South African apartheid, companion to Indecent Exposure.

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From the Inside Flap:

When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime of passion, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon upon the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman leads to the most memorable transplant operation yet recorded: Luitenant Verkramp of the Security Branch, ever active in the pursuit of Communist cells; Konstabel Els, with his propensity for shooting first and not thinking later - and also for forcing himself upon African women in a manner legally reserved for male members of their own race. In the course of the strange events which follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions and some even more amazing perversions of justice when Miss Hazelstone's brother, the Bishop of Barotseland, is sentenced to be hanged on the ancient gallows in the local prison.

From the Back Cover:

"A murderously funny farce." - Daily Telegraph

"Savagely hilarious." - Sunday Mirror

"Explosively funny, fiendishly inventive." - Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0871131439
• ISBN 13: 9780871131430
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 249