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When gambling fails, Timothy turns to embezzlement, but it's the lesser offence of helping himself to some strangely aromatic tobacco that propels him up the motorway and into bed with the Chief Constable's wife.

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Can a book be too funny? Tom Sharpe's [The Midden] might just be. Too much laughing is required... * New York Times *
One of our best contemporary comic writers- very, very funny * Birmingham Evening Mail *
A major craftsman in the art of farce * Evening Standard *
He is funny, bitter, a danger to his public and should be applauded wildly by all right-thinking men and women * Listener *
There is almost no one funnier * Observer *

Sharpe T Midden

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      Publisher: Cornerstone
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2004
      ISBN13: 9780099466536, 978-0099466536
      ISBN10: 0099466538

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      When gambling fails, Timothy turns to embezzlement, but it's the lesser offence of helping himself to some strangely aromatic tobacco that propels him up the motorway and into bed with the Chief Constable's wife.

      Trade Review
      Can a book be too funny? Tom Sharpe's [The Midden] might just be. Too much laughing is required... * New York Times *
      One of our best contemporary comic writers- very, very funny * Birmingham Evening Mail *
      A major craftsman in the art of farce * Evening Standard *
      He is funny, bitter, a danger to his public and should be applauded wildly by all right-thinking men and women * Listener *
      There is almost no one funnier * Observer *

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