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His parents, with high hopes and a considerable amount of bribery money, search for anywhere that will take their 'late developer.' In a school that time forgot, Peregrine's 'talents' for taking orders and having no discernible individual thought seem perfect for a promising career in the upper ranks of the British Army.

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When Tom Sharpe turns his attention to a very minor public school- the result is predictably savage. Hoaxes, chases, car crashes, shootings, and general mayhem. Wicked riotous humour * Daily Telegraph *
Wildly hilarious pot-shots at the public school system and the sacred cows of adventure fiction * Observer *
You'll enjoy this wild and, in places, wildly funny story- It is all an hilarious send-up of the Dornford Yates style of thriller with some modernistic Sharpe barbs added * Daily Express *

One of our best contemporary comic writers- very, very funny

* Birmingham Evening Mail *
Excellently funny -- Auberon Waugh * Daily Mail *

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      Publisher: Cornerstone
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/11/2002
      ISBN13: 9780099435549, 978-0099435549
      ISBN10: 0099435543
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      His parents, with high hopes and a considerable amount of bribery money, search for anywhere that will take their 'late developer.' In a school that time forgot, Peregrine's 'talents' for taking orders and having no discernible individual thought seem perfect for a promising career in the upper ranks of the British Army.

      Trade Review
      When Tom Sharpe turns his attention to a very minor public school- the result is predictably savage. Hoaxes, chases, car crashes, shootings, and general mayhem. Wicked riotous humour * Daily Telegraph *
      Wildly hilarious pot-shots at the public school system and the sacred cows of adventure fiction * Observer *
      You'll enjoy this wild and, in places, wildly funny story- It is all an hilarious send-up of the Dornford Yates style of thriller with some modernistic Sharpe barbs added * Daily Express *

      One of our best contemporary comic writers- very, very funny

      * Birmingham Evening Mail *
      Excellently funny -- Auberon Waugh * Daily Mail *

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