Wilt in Nowhere - Couverture souple

In Tom Sharpe’s fourth uproarious Wilt novel, the indefatigable Henry Wilt embarks on the voyage of a lifetime — a cross-country trip through England, without map or compass, carrying little more than a backpack and the boots on his feet. A week later sees him drunk and unconscious in the back of an arsonist’s pickup truck. His trip goes even further downhill from there until he revives in the hospital, unable to figure out how he could possibly stand accused of arson, assassination and robbery.

Meanwhile, Eva has taken the quads to visit Uncle Wally and Aunt Joan in Tennessee. With the four girls leaving their customary trail of insanity and destruction wherever they go, not to mention a mob of embittered drug enforcement agents, Eva’s journey has also spiralled out of control.

Bitingly funny, Wilt in Nowhere pits Wilt against the intricacies of police persecution and the underbelly of Britain’s medical facilities, brilliantly exposing the farcical realities of small-town England and America.

Henry Wilt is back!

One of Britain's finest living writers returns with his greatest creation.

'Tom Sharpe is back and he's on cracking form' Daily Mail

'One of the most widely enjoyed comic writers in Britain ... his position at the heart of British comedy is as assured as that of the seaside postcard' Observer

''Our funniest living novelist' Daily Telegraph

'Reaches a transcendental realm of its own. I couldn't even read it at times, because I was crying and choking with laughter' Daily Express

'Sharpe is the funniest novelist currently writing ... I sat curled up with laughter' Time Out