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Tom Sharpe

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Also known as Thomas Ridley Sharpe

English satirical novelist (1928-2013)

Person · Open Library

Born
1928-03-30
Died
2013-06-06
Works
214

Top works

  • Wilt, més que mai
  • UNA PRINCESETA AMB PROBLEMES
  • EXHIBICIÓ IMPÚDICA
  • L'OVELLA NEGRA
  • ASSEMBLEA SEDICIOSA

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Film & TV

Writing · Holloway, London, England, UK

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
244
Total plays
3,415

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Quotes

  • By shooting your cook you were refusing him permission to enter your house.
  • If a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal.
  • I have yet to meet a liberal who can withstand the attrition of prolonged discussion of the inessentials. ... There are more ways of killing a cat than stuffing it with cream.
  • The man who said the pen was mightier than the sword ought to have tried reading "" to Motor Mechanics.
  • While he lived a violent life in his imagination, Eva, lacking any imagination at all, lived violently in fact.
  • "Liberal studies means..." said Mrs Chatterway, who prided herself on being an advocate of progressive education, in which role she had made a substantial contribution to the illiteracy rate in several previously good primary schools.

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date of death
2013-01-01
date of birth
1928-03-30
pseudonym
Tom Sharpe
name in native language
Tom Sharpe
start of work period
1971-00-00
end of work period
2010-00-00
Sources (3)

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Tom Sharpe, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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