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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)tupidity 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.

== Screen adaptations ==

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[[Blott on the Landscape]]'' was adapted as a 6-part [[BBC]] [[television]] series in [[1985]], starring [[Geraldine James]], [[George Cole]], and [[David Suchet]] as Blott. The script was by [[Malcolm Bradbury]] and the director was [[Roger Bamford]].

Bradbury also adapted ''[[Porterhouse Blue#Adaptations|Porterhouse Blue]]'' in four episodes in [[1987]], this time for [[Channel 4]], starring [[David Jason]], [[Ian Richardson]] and [[John Sessions]], directed by [[Robert Knights]].

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