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Ancestral Vices

By: Tom Sharpe
Narrated by: Griff Rhys Jones
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When Lord Petrefact hires Walden Yapp, Professor of Demotic Historiography at Kloone University, to write a scurrilous family history Yapp finds plenty of material in Buscott village, where Frederick Petrefact is running the Mill and adding new vices to the family collection. If Yapp can lay his hands on the Petrefact Papers in the Buscott Museum he may be able to expose the multi-national capitalism of the Petrefacts to the whole world. Unfortunately when he takes lodgings with the Coppetts of Rabbitry Road and encounters the peculiar charm of Rosie, a woman of large body and little mind, he sets in motion a train of events which are to lead to his undoing.

©1980 Tom Sharpe (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction Funny Witty Feel-Good

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I love anything by Tom Sharpe so I knew instantly I would love this. His wit always makes me smile with such greatly imagined characters.
My only criticism of this audiobook was that sometimes it seemed to be read incredibly fast. So fast in fact, that I thought I'd hit the button to fast forward the narration.

Love Tom Sharpe

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Witty, irreverent, few writers today can match the late Mr Sharp for laughs . This book made me do so out loud

Ripping Yarn

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The story is great. How does anyone think of a plot line like this? Either way it is hilarious. I was working, well trying to, while listening to this. Gave up! Imagining the vision of the characters was very good for my mind

Very funny

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Tom Sharpe has a wicked sense of humour, and a lovely way with words. he creates characters that seem to come to live and oddly enough reminds me of Stephen King, but without the humour.

This is though rather mean spirited at times and I found myself feeling sorry for several of the characters. But that said, it's still bloody funny and fantastically enhanced by Griff Rhys Jones simply excellent narration.

Spiffing

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Quite complicated at times, but very funny. The narration was excellent, giving a variety of voices and dialects extremely effectively.

Ancestral vices

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As ever, a truly fabulous, side- splitting tale from Tom Sharpe, brilliantly told by Griff Rhys Jones. A wonderful side step to an increasingly dark world. Be prepared for aching sides.

Superb!

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Typical Tom Sharpe, absolutely brilliant with wonderful narration, laughter all the way. On author who can make me laugh out loud.

Brilliant

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Reading was great. It was my first Tom Sharpe will probably be my last. Just not sure his lighthearted whimsical style is my cup of tea that’s all.

Gryff Rhys Jones was fantastic

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Fabulously funny and dark tale and Griff Rhys Jones is marvellous as the various characters. Excellent all round.

Brilliant

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A very good story. Fun and disaster all the way, Class war at its best

typical Sharp

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