Vintage Stuff

by Tom Sharpe

Book Overview

Peregrine Roderick Clyde-Brown is a bumbling, naive and savagely dim-witted teenager, who, as his name reveals, cannot possibly be exposed to the evils of a comprehensive school. However, with his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394724178
• ISBN13: 9780394724171
• Release Date: April 1984
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A perl of English comedy

Another great example of Tom Sharpe's mockery of the Old Albion's old ways. As long as there are senile boarding school teachers and overzealous moron students getting paired up - a great comedic adventure is guaranteed.

Another great book by Tom Sharpe

This book was almost as good as Wilt, Blott and The Great Pursuit. It was a bit slow in the beginning and the ending was a bit premature. Otherwise it was very funny. Definitely recommended.

Excellent example of the author's work

I have read all of Tom Sharpe's books and Vintage Stuff is one of his best. The comic style in which he normally handles language, plot and characters is probably at its best in this book. The book lends heavily on the English public school system (as do some of his other books). The plot concerns the adventures of a school master and one of his students as they are induced on a crazy journey through England and France - all due to the schemes of another school master seeking revenge. Like all Sharpe's books, the journey is the reward as most endings tend to be a little anti-climactic. This is mainly due to the fast pace of the work, both in plot and language. If you like a well-written comic adventure, you can't go wrong with this book.

Extremely Funny

Would make a good motion picture. American readers will lose a little because of occasional use of British expressions.