Sir Godber, der neue Rektor des ehrwürdigen Porterhouse College, plant Ungeheuerliches: Er will die heiligen Hallen vom Staub der Jahrhunderte befreien. Porterhouse soll wieder zu einem Hort der Bildung werden. Das Ende der berühmten Freßgelage ist in Sicht, dafür werden als Gipfel der Neuerungen Studentinnen zugelassen. Doch Sir Godber hat seine Rechnung ohne den Oberpförtner Skullion gemacht. . .
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The 'endlessly funny' novel widely regarded as a classic of comic English literature
Porterhouse College is world renowned for its gastronomic excellence, the arrogance of its Fellows, its academic mediocrity and the social cache it confers on the athletic sons of country families.
Sir Godber Evans, ex-Cabinet Minister and the new Master, is determined to change all this. Spurred on by his politically angular wife, Lady Mary, he challenges the established order and provokes the wrath of the Dean, the Senior Tutor, the Bursar and, most intransigent of all, Skullion the Head Porter - with hilarious and catastrophic results.
