Sandwich & Condom: an historical bromance

by Peter Z. Kavish

Of all Kavish's novels, Sandwich & Condom is the only one known, definitively, to exist. It is also widely regarded as his best. A "timeless" story of "friendship," betrayal, sporting achievement, thwarted desires both sexual and financial, various other weighty themes, and overcoming the most absurd challenges with even more absurd amounts of hard work and gunpowder, this sweeping historical bromance reintroduces us to two of history's most widely disliked and forgotten figures, as teens struggling to survive England's most prestigious boarding school in the historically underappreciated year of 1736.

When the king's jerkface son sets his sights on the Earl of Condom's massive and ill-begotten fortune, forcing the Earl of Sandwich to choose between his desperate devotion to authority and someone who might actually like him for some reason, will these bumbling antiheroes escape Eton with their dignities or even lives intact? Or will they end up comic footnotes in history?

Genres: Fiction

388 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2025

Reviews

[Daryl Gohl · Rating 5 out of 5]

A mock historical novel in the tradition of John Barth's The Sot Weed Factor, Sandwich and Condom is an incisive social satire and is laugh-out-loud funny from start to finish. The story takes place at the Eton School for Gentleboys as the sons of the most powerful figures in Britain wage a proxy battle for the future of the country amidst an uproarious cavalcade of youthful hijinks and mortifying misadventures. Kavish is a bold and original new voice in American Literature and I really can't recommend this book highly enough.

[IngramSpark · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Sharply satirical, wildly hilarious, and singular in style. This parody of a British historical novel is an absolute can't-miss!

[FD · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very well written satirical book .
The dialogue and characters are definitely the Etonian type, as shown through their behaviour and development in the story.

This book is guaranteed to leave you laughing and with a smile on your face.