Tom Sharpe – Ancestral Vices – First Edition 1980

A first edition, first printing of Ancestral Vices by Tom Sharpe, published by Secker and Warburg in 1980. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, with minor bumping at the spine tips and a touch of browning to the top edge of the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper, with bumping to the head of the spine and upper edge of front and rear panels, a small closed tear to the upper edge of front panel and similarly to lower edge of rear flap fold.

Ancestral Vices by Tom Sharpe is a satirical novel that targets British academia, politics and class structures. The story revolves around the comically inept academic, Professor Lowe, who is tasked with investigating the corrupt history of the Grope family, an aristocratic clan with a scandalous past. As the investigation spirals out of control, Sharpe’s biting humour and absurd situations highlight greed, hypocrisy and incompetence. 

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