- Henry Wilt (Fictitious character), Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, College teachers
Wilt is given to elaborate and vindictive fantasies about his wife, the massive, domineering Eva. But when Eva becomes a Missing Person, following an embarrassing incident at a party they both attend, the police want to question Wilt.
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Comic, classical in form, cool and effortless.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Tom Sharpe
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 254
- Publisher
- Anagrama, Éditions du Sorbier, Columna
- Editions
- 37
- Language
- cat, English, German, French
- ISBN
- 9781407094892
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Thomas Ridley Sharpe (London, 30 March 1928 – Llafranch, Gerona, 6 June 2013) was an English satirical novelist, best known for his *Wilt* series, as well as *Porterhouse Blue* and *Blott on the Landscape,* all three of which were adapted for television.
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