You want humor?
You want to laugh out loud while reading a book?
You want to laugh out loud, in public, while reading a book?
Then you must have a look at some of these by Tom Sharpe. They are an easy read but the first three will bring tears to your eyes. I have not met anyone that borrowed these books that did not wet themselves laughing ( ok never mind that some of my friends are old and incontinent ).
Word of caution, these books are not intended for any one with small children. Once started they are hard to put down.
Wilt (1976) is a side-splitter. If you have any insight to the going ons in a polytechnic, then you must have a look. It is about Henry Wilt, a demoralized lecturer who teaches English lit to a bunch of uninterested construction apprentices. He is hen-pecked and dreams of murdering his wife. He then gets pursued by the local police inspector, who interprets Wilt's bizarre actions as heinous crimes. They made a TV program based on this that did it no justice whatsoever.
Riotous Assembly (1971) A South African woman struggles to convince the police that she has murdered her black cook who was also her lover. It is a riot!
Indecent Exposure (1973) Sequel to Riotous Assembly. Again in South Africa. Tom Sharpe was subsequently deported from SA after these two books were published.
Other books by him that I found funny:
Porterhouse Blue (1974)
The Wilt Alternative (1979)
Wilt On High (1984)
Blott On the Landscape (1975)
The Great Pursuit (1977)
The Throwback (1978)
Ancestral Vices (1980)
