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Without a sense of humour, one's reward might not be Heaven - especially if those 72 virgins fail to turn up!

    

An East London Grammar School education followed by 3 years at Oxford as an organ scholar, sharing tutorials with the late Dudley Moore, provided the backcloth to my chequered career!  But subsequent years with cynical session musicians and work in heavy London night clubs and pubs gave a dramatic twist to life and led, perhaps, to my current thinking and philosophy.

Among the many writers whose work I have admired over the years, I would still pick Graham Greene for style and elegance and Kingsley Amis for his natural wit and breadth of human experience.

While "political correctness" continues to stifle creative publications and freedom of tongue, I, in turn, continue to write satirical books as a just reaction to an almost Orwellian nightmare. Let us drink to a revival of humour and free speech.



Birth Place: London,  uk

Accomplishments: MA (Oxon)
FTCL (1st Fellow in the world of Trinity College of London in harpsichord playing)
     



Books

My Steinway Blues by Tony Sharp
This is my autobiography, written with candour and a good helping of wit tracing my life through choirboy days, school and university. Encounters with the famous and 'infamous' and ending with life in a Spanish village with the dubious pleasures of altercations with the wicked over my beloved Steinway grand piano. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed writing it....
  

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To Mama With Love by Tony Sharp
This is my 5th published book and I think possibly my best. I believe it would make an excellent film and I am hopeful someone might take this task on....
  

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Now Or Never by Tony Sharp
This is my 4th book. It is a Political Fantasy involving President Obama, Prince Charles and Lewis Hamilton attempting to solve the religious problems of the world....
  

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Lie Back and Think of England by Tony Sharp
This is my third published book which is a late "period piece" set in England at a time when the population was predominantly white. Fred Pike's horrendous dream heralds a future which is more pertinent to the situation today. Those who hark upon 'political correctness' may not approve but it is well worth reading....
  

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The House Of Baghdad by Tony Sharp
This is my 2nd published book. Originally written in 1991, before the horrible events of 9/11 2001, this story has chilling similarities with those events and tells of a ruthless Iraqi dictator who is deposed and escapes to Brazil to contemplate his future and that of the world. A sexual excursion with the wife of the Brazilian President besides, his driving force is a burning desire to return t...
  

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Tony Sharp's Books With A Laugh
An Oxford University graduate, I embarked on a teaching career before moving into the pop/jazz music scene. After two years back at Oxford as University Organist, I gave harpsichord “recitals” on CBC, BBC and in the South Bank concert halls of London. Writing now gives me some measure of sanity!



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My previous book, "The Guv'nor", published by Regency Press is now, unfortunately, out of print. Since The House Of Baghdad, I have penned 3 more novels, a political satire, a love/thriller storyand a more serious novel. Two are set in England, the former bravely and amusingly challenging the boring confines of 'political correctness' which still permeate the old Country and the other, tracing the love, marriage and traumas of a Jewish fashion designer and her German husband who heads a powerful arms empire facing a serios threat from Middle Eastern infiltration. Yet the couple and their two children survive the machinations of governments, police and secret services, to say nothing of the antics of a third child who would bring shame upon the whole family. Intrigue and human concerns keep the reader entertained. The other is a political fantasy involvingPresident Obama, Prince Charles and Lewis Hamilton attampting to solve the religious problems of the world. I have now finished my autobiography which traces my life as a professional musician. My colourful yet chequered career has enabled me to review the past with a relaxed philosophical eye. Written with I hope delightful candour and wit, I cover the years from my choirboy days, through work and close encounters with the famous and infamous, to life in a Spanish village and the dubious pleasures of altercations with the wicked over my beloved Steinway piano.

 
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