Author:Tom Sharpe
Timothy Brights doesn't exactly live up to his name. Brought up to regard copious flows of money as his birthright, he can't understand why the funds have been cut off, nor why friends he recruited as Lloyds' Names no longer want to talk to him.
When gambling fails, Timothy turns to embezzlement, but it's the lesser offence of helping himself to some strangely aromatic tobacco that propels him up the motorway and into bed with the Chief Constable's wife. The Chief Constable has just survived charges of bribery and perjury and is not too concerned that his efforts to dispose of Timothy involve false imprisonment, breaking and entering, and a spot of GBH. It is only when the Chief tries to frame his old adversary, the upright Miss Midden, that things begin to go seriously wrong as his underhand ploy opens up the way to spectacular mayhem.
Can a book be too funny? Tom Sharpe's [The Midden] might just be. Too much laughing is required...
—— New York TimesOne of our best contemporary comic writers- very, very funny
—— Birmingham Evening MailA major craftsman in the art of farce
—— Evening StandardHe is funny, bitter, a danger to his public and should be applauded wildly by all right-thinking men and women
—— ListenerThere is almost no one funnier
—— ObserverStace... has fashioned a hugely funny and immensely likeable novel that evokes a flamboyantly matriarchal world of greasepaint and spangles as vividly as it captures the relentless machismo of sodden playing fields and tuck-boxes
—— GuardianA finely narrated and curiously moving tale
—— Doug Kemp , Historical Novels ReviewA journey of true grit and determination for one so young in years. The story alone is superb; add in Enaiatollah's engaging prose and this books sings on the page. Highly recommended
—— BookbagA dissection of the emotional fissures that tear families apart
—— Mail on SundayThe novel...is thoughtful and beautifully written, examining lost lives, chances and choices
—— Daily MailA sort of historical treatise follows, one that is devoid of the kind of colourful details which abound in stereotypical lottery daydreams, but which nevertheless endears the reader to Andy and his cause, and sets up an enticing conclusion'
—— Sunday Business Post
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