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The Midden by Tom Sharpe (Next session October 17th)

In The Midden, Timothy Bright doesn’t exactly live up to his name. He is the not-very-acute scion of a successful family — that is, until Timothy has his funds cut off.

This sad turn of affairs gives him the desire — although unfortunately not the brains — to get rich on his own. In his devil-may-care way, Tom Sharpe subjects his poor hero to run-ins with the Chief Constable, his wife, her alluring and jealous lesbian lover — and Miss Marjorie Midden.

All converge at the manor house Middenhall, nicknamed “The Midden,” in a frenetic finale with, among other things, policemen disguised as sheep and a mad aunt in a silver cat suit.

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One comment on “The Midden by Tom Sharpe (Next session October 17th)

  1. Javier Chavanel
    October 20, 2013

    The Midden is a rowdy comedy where the characters face situations that are beyond individual´s control.

    As far as the events take place, smiles get shape in reader´s face.

    A good family young man with gambling debts crosses with the life of a Chief Constable little town by accident.

    The corrupt nature of the Chief Constable and the desire for revenge of his neighbour Mrs Midden, takes the facts to a dreadful end where Midden family faces Police troops in Midden private property turned into a battlefield.

    The novel is a furiously paced comic novel in which rude behaviours and funny situations come together along with a cast of characters that are so much hilarious. This mixture leads the reader to have a laugh in the unforseen end.

    I have enjoyed a shitload by reading an English typical humor novel and I recommend in particular it.

    Read it!!

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