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¡Ánimo, Wilt!
- GenresHumor
248 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 15, 2025
About the author
Tom Sharpe
91 books576 followersTom Sharpe was an English satirical author, born in London and educated at Lancing College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. After National Service with the Royal Marines he moved to South Africa in 1951, doing social work and teaching in Natal, until deported in 1961.
His work in South Africa inspired the novels Riotous Assembly and Indecent Exposure. From 1963 until 1972 he was a History lecturer at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology, which inspired his "Wilt" series Wilt, The Wilt Alternative, Wilt on High and Wilt in Nowhere.
His novels feature bitter and outrageous satire of the apartheid regime (Riotous Assembly and its sequel Indecent Exposure), dumbed- or watered-down education (the Wilt series), English class snobbery (Ancestral Vices, Porterhouse Blue, Grantchester Grind), the literary world (The Great Pursuit), political extremists of all stripes, political correctness, bureaucracy and stupidity in general. Characters may indulge in bizarre sexual practices, and coarser characters use very graphic and/or profane language in dialogue. Sharpe often parodies the language and style of specific authors commonly associated with the social group held up for ridicule. Sharpe's bestselling books have been translated into many languages.
His work in South Africa inspired the novels Riotous Assembly and Indecent Exposure. From 1963 until 1972 he was a History lecturer at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology, which inspired his "Wilt" series Wilt, The Wilt Alternative, Wilt on High and Wilt in Nowhere.
His novels feature bitter and outrageous satire of the apartheid regime (Riotous Assembly and its sequel Indecent Exposure), dumbed- or watered-down education (the Wilt series), English class snobbery (Ancestral Vices, Porterhouse Blue, Grantchester Grind), the literary world (The Great Pursuit), political extremists of all stripes, political correctness, bureaucracy and stupidity in general. Characters may indulge in bizarre sexual practices, and coarser characters use very graphic and/or profane language in dialogue. Sharpe often parodies the language and style of specific authors commonly associated with the social group held up for ridicule. Sharpe's bestselling books have been translated into many languages.
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January 18, 2026
Una historia loca, en la línea de las anteriores. Políticamente incorrecta, a veces incomoda, a veces ofensiva , a veces tierna pero con la q no vas a poder parar de reír. En esta ocasión me han sobrado personajes y me ha faltado mas aventuras de Wilt y su familia pero, aún así, lo h disfrutado.
January 5, 2025
Un libro divertidísimo.
Wilt es un profesor bastante pringado al que le pasan una serie de desafortunados acontecimientos hilarantes.
Wilt es un profesor bastante pringado al que le pasan una serie de desafortunados acontecimientos hilarantes.
October 23, 2025
Aquí Tom Sharpe trata de repetir el éxito de Wilt, el primer libro de la trilogía, pero no lo consigue. Me ha resultado bastante aburrido, lo que es imperdonable en una novela de este tipo.
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