The Gropes
Tom Sharpe (Pembroke 1949)
Hutchinson
It is one of the more surprising facts about old England that one can still find families living in the same houses their ancestors built centuries before and on land that has belonged to them since before the Norman Conquest. The Gropes of Grope Hall are one such family.
The Gropes are an old English family based in Northumberland, separated from the rest of society and as eccentric as they come. It is a line dominated by strong-willed and oversexed women, determined to produce more female heirs regardless of whether their desired partners are willing....
At the dawn of the new millennium, timid and gormless teenager Esmond is abducted and lured to Grope Hall by a descendant of the Gropes. Young Esmond is powerless to escape, and his kidnap sets in motion a stream of farcical events
Reviewed in CAM 58 (Michaelmas 2009)
Publication date: 03 September 2009
978-0-0919-3089-9
Buy online at Heffers
Added: 16 December 2009
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