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'''Tom Sharpe''' (born [[March 30]], [[1928]]) is an [[England|English]] [[satire|satirical]] [[author]], born in [[London]] and educated at [[Lancing College]] and at [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]]. After [[National Service]] he moved to [[South Africa]] in [[1951]], doing social work and teaching in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], until [[deportation|deported]] in [[1961]].

(contracted; show full)cal correctness]], [[bureaucracy]] and stupidity in general. Characters may indulge in bizarre sexual practices, and coarser characters use very graphic and/or profane language in dialogue. In more printable passages, Sharpe often parodies the language and style of specific authors commonly associated with the social group held up for ridicule. Readers tend to find Sharpe's work either extremely offensive or outrageously funny.

Sharpe's bestselling books have been translated into many languages.
 A fourth volume in the Wilt series (''Wilt in Nowhere'') is due to be released in [[2004]].

''Porterhouse Blue'' and ''Blott on the Landscape'' were turned into television series in [[1985]] and [[1987]], respectively. A film of ''Wilt'' was made in [[1989]].

===Bibliography===
*''Riotous Assembly'' (1971)
*''Indecent Exposure'' (1973)
*''Porterhouse Blue'' (1974)
*''Blott on the Landscape'' (1975)
*''Wilt'' (1976)
*''The Great Pursuit'' (1977)
*''The Throwback'' (1978)
*''The Wilt Alternative'' (1979)
*''Ancestral Vices'' (1980)
*''Vintage Stuff'' (1983)
*''Wilt on High'' (1985)
*''Grantchester Grind'' (1995)
*''The Midden'' (1996)
*''Wilt Omnibus'' (1996) 
*''Wilt in Nowhere'' (2004)

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