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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]].

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A film of ''[[Wilt_(movie)|Wilt]]'' was made in [[1989]], scripted by [[Andrew Marshall (writer)|Andrew Marshall]] and [[David Renwick]] and starring [[Mel Smith]] and [[Griff Rhys Jones]] with [[Alison Steadman]] and [[Diana Quick]]. The director was [[Michael Tuchner]].


He emigrated to South Africa in 1951, but was deported in 1961.⏎
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===Bibliography===
*''[[Riotous Assembly]]'' (1971)
*''[[Indecent Exposure]]'' (1973)
*''[[Porterhouse Blue]]'' (1974)
*''[[Blott on the Landscape]]'' (1975)
*''[[Wilt_(novel)|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) - a collection of the first three Wilt novels sometimes known as "Wilt in Triplicate"
*''[[Wilt in Nowhere]]'' (2004)

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