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Porterhouse Blue

By: Tom Sharpe
Narrated by: Griff Rhys Jones
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To Porterhouse College, Cambridge, famous for rowing, low academic standards. and a proud cuisine, comes a new Master, an ex-grammar-school boy, demanding Firsts, women students, a self-service canteen, and a slot-machine for contraceptives. There is considerable opposition to this challenge to the established order, in the form of Skullion, the intransigent porter at Porterhouse, who is determined that the hallowed traditions of the College will never change.©2014 Audible, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Funny Witty Thought-Provoking
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Of course i loved the book. Very similar to real life university. Absolutely brilliant read

Porterhouse Blue hilarious

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probably a bit dated for some tastes but listen with a comprehension of the past and a bygone age and you will laugh out loud...

absolutely hilarious

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This made me giggle out loud, and had some excellent characters and bizarre situations. A must for any red-brick enthusiast, or someone who just wants to hear about condoms floating out of a chimney! Funny characters, clever skits and well worth a listen. Very well read as well, the voices were perfectly captured.

Witty and sparkling

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Absolutely loved it especially the narrator very well read made you live the book excellent

amazing

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Read Porterhouse over 25 years ago and thought it hilarious. Snapped the daily deal up expecting to be equally entertained.
This time around, I found it depressing and crass. The caricature of privilege and my diving isn’t so funny when it’s a mirror to the current British government who mostly seem to be the products of Porterhouse and its dubious degrees.

Not as funny as I’d remembered

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