The Gropes

Resumen del libro

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....

A brilliantly funny novel about what happens when the women take charge. 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 millenium, 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 that will have readers laughing out loud.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Tom Sharpex{0026}lt;/strong (1928-2013) nació en Londres y se educó en Cambridge. En 1951 se trasladó a Sudáfrica: allí vivió hasta 1961, fecha en que fue deportado y regresó a su país, donde se dedicó únicamente a escribir. Falleció en Llafranc, un pueblecito de lx{0026} x02019;Empordà donde residió durante mucho tiempo. Es considerado uno de los novelistas más divertidos de todos los tiempos. En Anagrama se han publicado todas sus novelas: x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Reunión tumultuosax{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Exhibición impúdicax{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Zafarrancho en Cambridgex{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em El temible Blottx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Wiltx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em La gran pesquisax{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em El bastardo recalcitrantex{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Las tribulaciones de Wiltx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Vicios ancestralesx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Una dama en apurosx{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em ¡Ánimo, Wilt!x{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Becas flacasx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Lo peor de cada casax{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Wilt no se aclarax{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em La herencia de Wiltx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong y x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Los Gropex{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em , así como su biografía x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Fragmentos de inexistenciax{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , de Miquel Martín i Serra.x{0026}lt;/p