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Summary: And a good time was had by all!
Review: I enjoy listening to audio books during my regimen of walking. This is the first book that made me stop and laugh out loud. One wonders how my neighbors appreciated that! What an example of how a great reader can improve on an already fabulous book. More fans of audio books should find this talent of David Suchet's.
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Summary: supreme silliness; rude humour at its best(/worst)
Review: No need to look at of Tom Sharpe's novels if you are looking for refined literature. The man simply pumps out farcical stories which polk fun at the establishment and wealthy folks in particular. As with most farces, the reader can either find it all to be hilarious or simply stupid. Fortunately this reader found it to be hilarious.'Blott on the Landscape' is about one woman's fight to keep her ancestral home at all costs, with the help of her gardener (Blott). We are exposed to the most improbable characters and actions imaginable, with rude behaviour and language in abundance. It all has a 1970s British television sitcom feel about it. Still I think most Brits will enjoy this book, and fortunately it is still in print over here. Bottom line: Tom Sharpe in fine form. I'm still giggling.
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Summary: supreme silliness; rude humour at its best(/worst)
Review: No need to look at of Tom Sharpe's novels if you are looking for refined literature. The man simply pumps out farcical stories which polk fun at the establishment and wealthy folks in particular. As with most farces, the reader can either find it all to be hilarious or simply stupid. Fortunately this reader found it to be hilarious. 'Blott on the Landscape' is about one woman's fight to keep her ancestral home at all costs, with the help of her gardener (Blott). We are exposed to the most improbable characters and actions imaginable, with rude behaviour and language in abundance. It all has a 1970s British television sitcom feel about it. Still I think most Brits will enjoy this book, and fortunately it is still in print over here. Bottom line: Tom Sharpe in fine form. I'm still giggling.
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Summary: One guess why David Suchet on this audiotape?
Review: Sir Giles Lynchwood, Conservative MP, schemes to have a motorway extend over his houses. His wife (Lady Maud Lynchwood) with the help of Blott a gardener of dubious background fortifies the gatehouse to repel the construction crew. It is much more complex with subplots. You have to read or listen to believe and them you may not.
Aside from his excellent performance on the audiotape; David Suchet is Blott in the mini-series. This tape is easy enough to follow that you can use it in the car. When following the book you can get a different perspective than the TV series offers. I know Tom Sharpe's comedy is similar to other British comedies; however I really identify with the people that he describes. The people are similar in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy". Come to think of it the plot is similar in a domestic sort of way.
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Summary: One guess why David Suchet on this audiotape?
Review: That's right aside from his excellent performance on the audiotape, He did the television series. This tape is easy enough to follow that you can use it in the car. And following the book you get a different perspective than the TV series. I know Tom Sharpe is similar to other British comedies, however I really see people like he describes. The people are similar in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" ISBN: 0345391802. You can still get the movie by selecting "United Kingdom" at the bottom of this screen and placing "Blot on the Landscape" in the (Search our shops box.) Blott On The Landscape (1985) ASIN: B00004CM6K Catalogue Number: BBCV4775 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank (VHS): 2,804
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Summary: One guess why David Suchet on this audiotape?
Review: That's right aside from his excellent performance on the audiotape; He was Blott in the television series. This tape is easy enough to follow that you can use it in the car. When following the book you can get a different perspective than the TV series offers. I know Tom Sharpe's comedy is similar to other British comedies; however I really identify with the people that he describes. The people are similar in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy". Come to think of it the plot is similar in a domestic sort of way.
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Summary: Great title, great book
Review: This is the first Tom Sharpe I read, and it just seems so much better that the others...I first saw the t.v. series, and was even more impressed by the book. I loved eveything about it, the plot, the exagerrated characters, the way everything fits together at the end. I was a bit disturbed that I could laugh so much about a woman deliberately letting a lion eat her (thoroughly horrible and worthless) husband, but this is the mad world that Tom Sharpe takes you to. Ther way the betrayed wife should become best friend and ally with her husbands mistress is just hysterical! My other favourite character was the poor,bureacratically challenged head of the motorway planning authourity who had none! A great book to escape into.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: This one is not as great as Wilt, but still awesome. If you want to forget about everything and laugh a lot - read Tom Sharpe.
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Summary: First rate humor
Review: This was the first book by Tom Sharpe I've ever read. Blott OnThe Landscape is a wonderfully funny, campy book that is hilarious!The contrived situations... A hysterical plot for a hysterical book. Read this in the summer when you want to feel light and bubbly. Have plenty of Gin and Tonic on hand! END
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Summary: First rate humor
Review: This was the first book by Tom Sharpe I've ever read. Blott OnThe Landscape is a wonderfully funny, campy book that is hilarious!The contrived situations... A hysterical plot for a hysterical book. Read this in the summer when you want to feel light and bubbly. Have plenty of Gin and Tonic on hand! END
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