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Description edit
Henry Wilt has spent an unrewarding ten years teaching English to bored and hostile youths. At night he fantasises about murdering his obese scatter-brained wife. The plot thickens when his wife goes missing and he is seen dumping a "body".
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Characters/People edit
- Henry Wilt: Add a description of this character.
- Gaskell
- Sally Pringsheim
- Betty
- Mr Morris
- Eva Wilt
- St John Froude
- Dr Mayfield
- Judy
- Yates
- Dr Pittman
- Mr Gosdyke
- Dr Board
- Peter Braintree
- Clem
- Rossiter Grove
- Mavis Mottram
- Dr Cox
- Baxendale
- Inspector Flint
- Dr Scheimacher
- Shane
- Pinkerton
- Harpic
First Sentence edit
Whenever Henry Wilt took the dog for a walk, or, to be more accurate, when the dog took him, or, to be exact, when Mrs Wilt told them both to go and take themselves out of the house so that she could do her yoga exercises, he always took the same route.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Tom Sharpe (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House Inc
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0394724186
Page Count: 220
Publisher: Random House Inc
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0394724186
Page Count: 220
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 828'.914
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