Thomas Ridley Sharpe's book, the first among the Wilt series, goes by like a breeze and at the same time keeps you hooked. You can't help but connect with Henry Wilt's predicament wherein he is falsely accused of his wife, Eva's murder. The book starts off with Henry and Eva being in a twelve year old marriage which hasn't yielded any kids, is therefore definitely sexless, full of constant nagging on part of Eva and Henry constantly fantasizing about killing his wife. Eva, who has an otherwise an irresistible zest of life, going for Pottery, Flower Arrangement, Judo and Yoga classes, to name a few, to make up for a rather lackluster marriage. And Henry on the other hand, is a Grade 2 Lecturer at the Tech, who has been teaching Mechanics, Plasterers, Butchers and the works for more than ten years and whose promotion has always been rejected, for the sheer reason that he has never demanded it of the Board. Then enter the Pringsheims and the roller coaster begins from there on.
The book titillates, makes you laugh and the prose just bowls you over. Extremely tongue in cheek humour, the satire, the loud pseudo talk, women's liberation (:P), sexual emancipation and of course just the way, Henry just weaves his way out with words when in custody, makes you want to read through it again. It's an absolutely brilliant book and a must read. And come Bangalore, finishing the Wilt series, is one of the few plans I have up my sleeves.
It's just one hell of a book, it made me laugh while reading it and therefore goes to say a lot. :)
Happy Reading everyone!!!!
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