LONDON (Reuters) - British comic novelist Tom Sharpe, known for his "Wilt" series about a harrassed and hen-pecked university lecturer, has died aged 85, his publisher said on Thursday. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 61-year-old broadcaster, who shot to fame in the 1980s, was compèring the Conference News Agency Awards last Friday when he ...

Tom Sharpe, a late-blooming British writer known for his riotously satirical novels about misguided characters ensnarled in preposterous circumstances, died June 6 in Llafranc, the Catalan town in ...

LONDON — Tom Sharpe was aptly named, a writer who turned a razor-edged eye for absurdity on everything from the racism of apartheid to the squabbles of academia. The British writer behind a string of ...

LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - British satirical author Tom Sharpe, known for his "Wilt" novel series, has died aged 85, publisher Random House said on Thursday. The London-born author's "Wilt" series ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - British satirical author Tom Sharpe, known for his "Wilt" novel series, has died aged 85, publisher Random House said on Thursday. LONDON (Reuters) - British satirical author Tom ...