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Bezig met laden... Grantchester Grind: A Porterhouse Chronicle (origineel 1995; editie 1996)door Tom Sharpe (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Being its sequel, Grantchester Grind follows on straight from where Porterhouse Blue finished. It is neither as amusing or as clever as the earlier book, though it is recognisably of the same ilk. For someone who read and enjoyed the earlier book it might be worth reading, however other readers would be better avoiding this and choosing the earlier book instead. Whilst I enjoyed re-reading Porterhouse Blue, I didn't find this sequel, written some 21 years later, much fun. The satire has turned into old man’s state-of-England bitterness, the plot is rather clumsily stuck together, with all sorts of lines that don't go anywhere, and there are relatively few good jokes. If you insist on Cambridge backstabbing and deviant sexual practices, you're much better off reading Simon Raven, who at least manages to be amusing when he’s old and bitter. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Though as cunning as ever, the formidable Skullion- previously head porter, now elevated to Master- is showing signs of physical frailty after his stroke. So the tricky business of appointing a new Master must start all over again. Meanwhile the College's monstrous debts refuse to go away, and a sinister American media mogul seems determined to make a television documentary on the premises, destroying part of the chapel in the process. Moreover, the widow of the previous Master is convinced that her husband was murdered, so she plants an agent in the Senior Common Room to dig up an unpleasant truth that everyone else would prefer kept under the carpet. Faced with such continuing crises, the instinct of the true Porterhouse man is to reach for the bottle- or to fall back on the subtle and traditional Cambridge skills of blackmail and kidnap. But will those be enough? Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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While I found Jonathan Cecil's narration excellent, this sequel to Sharpe's "Porterhouse Blue" was less hilarious especially towards the end. ( )