Riotous Assembly Arrow Books 9780099435457 A hilarious dose of British farce

A hilarious dose of British farce from Tom Sharpe, the bestselling author of Wilt and Porterhouse Blue. When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionel, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon on 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 when the Kommandant is held captive in Miss Hazelstone's remarkable rubber room
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. Not a 'political' novel in any previously imagined sense, Riotous Assembly provided a completely fresh approach to the South African scene - an approach startling in its deadpan savagery and yet also outrageously funny.

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Штрих-код: 9780099435457
Цвет: Белый
ISBN: 9780099435457
Объем: 306
Ширина: 130 мм
Длина: 198 мм
Высота: 20 мм
Автор: Шарп Том
Год: 2002
Вес: 230 г
Группа: Книги
Обложка: мягкая обложка
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