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Porterhouse Blue

By: Tom Sharpe
Narrated by: Griff Rhys Jones
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To Porterhouse College, Cambridge, famous for rowing, low academic standards. and a proud cuisine, comes a new Master, an ex-grammar-school boy, demanding Firsts, women students, a self-service canteen, and a slot-machine for contraceptives. There is considerable opposition to this challenge to the established order, in the form of Skullion, the intransigent porter at Porterhouse, who is determined that the hallowed traditions of the College will never change.
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why does it say optional if it is required

good stuff good stuff good stuff good stuff stuff hey dim diddly fun dum that was porterhouse

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The narration was a bit monotonal for me, as I have an affection for Tom Sharpe’s cast of colorful characters.

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enjoyable satire

Wonderfully narrated satire.Tom sharpe is a clever writer and the narrator did a fantastic job of bringing the work to life. Somehow he micked the whole British class system with all of it's arrogance and crusty ignorance.I was actually dissappointed when it ended.

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Would you listen to Porterhouse Blue again? Why?

yes, to catch anything I might have missed the first time.

What other book might you compare Porterhouse Blue to and why?

other Tom Sharpe work

What does Griff Rhys Jones bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

character

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I listened to this author for the first time traveling in tandem with other family members on the way to a funeral.. several hundred miles, through several states. They looked on in wonder trying to figure out why I was laughing so hard at such a sober, and sad event . Just another great piece of work by this man. All of his early work is a must have for me, in print as well as audible..

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Laugh your a** off!

A masterfully brilliant reading of one of the funniest books ever penned in the English language. A delight throughout; as good as Amis's Lucky Jim, which would be a good addition, btw.

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Great narrator but not really funny

A little boring but maybe just over my head. Great narrator though a little tough with the female voices. But that’s to be expected

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