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Resumen del libro

Peregrine Roderick Clyde-Brown is a bumbling, naive and savagely dim-witted teenager, who, as his name reveals, cannot possibly be exposed to the evils of a comprehensive school. However, with his penchant for taking even the most innocent command literally, no reputable school will accept the boy who, when told that he must turn over a new leaf, begins fondling the foliage. His parents, with high hopes and a considerable amount of bribery money, search for anywhere that will take their 'late developer.' In a school that time forgot, Peregrine's 'talents' for taking orders and having no discernible individual thought seem perfect for a promising career in the upper ranks of the British Army.

It is at Groxbourne that Peregrine meets Mr Gladstone, a man whose teaching style extends as far as using lashings to teach arithmetic. After Gladstone whisks the unquestioning boy off on a hysterical mystery, Peregrine ends up storming a French castle, where he unwaveringly commits mischief, mayhem and even murder!

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