'Wilt' was a strange book. Some parts were very funny, but then others had me straight-faced.
Wilt is a bit of a pathetic human being. He's Head of 'Liberal Studies' at the local Tech, and finds his life a bit of a mess. His colossal wife Eva whines constantly at him leading him to fantasize about different ways of killing her, and when he finds himself in an awkward situation involving a giant inflatable doll at his neighbour's party, things get really sticky. When he decides in a drunken stupor to get rid of the doll down a man-hole, the police get the wrong idea and start to think it is his wife. Enter hilarity.
I like the plot for this, but as with other Tom Sharpe books, it trails off a bit towards the end. It obviously was a fairly popular book at the time of release as it spawned a number of other sequels so I might give the next novel a try.
Started 23rd May
Finished 25th May
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