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The proud but obscure Petrefact family have survived by keeping their heads down, but when Ronald is elevated to the peerage he engages Prof Yapp to write the family history. Yapp's dogged quest for the truth is not popular with the Petrefacts. New cover reissue.
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Ancestral Vices, Tom Sharpe
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- Ancestral Vices
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tom Sharpe
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0099435535
- ISBN13
- 9780099435532
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Humor, Contemporary Fiction, British Literature, England, Comedies, Social Critique, Satire, Heritage, Dark Humor, English Humor, Decadence
- Original title
- Ancestral vices
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- The proud but obscure Petrefact family have survived by keeping their heads down, but when Ronald is elevated to the peerage he engages Prof Yapp to write the family history. Yapp's dogged quest for the truth is not popular with the Petrefacts. New cover reissue.