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| Title | : | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel |
| Author | : | Deborah Moggach |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Media Tie-In |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | March 20th 2012 by Random House (first published March 15th 2004) |
| Categories | : | Cultural. India. Contemporary. Fiction. Humor |
Deborah Moggach
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.47 | 10696 Users | 1571 Reviews
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Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0812982428 (ISBN13: 9780812982428) Now a major motion picture starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Billy Nighy, and Dev Patel When Ravi Kapoor, an overworked London doctor, reaches the breaking point with his difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: “Can’t we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away.” His prayer is seemingly answered when Ravi’s entrepreneurial cousin sets up a retirement home in India, hoping to re-create in Bangalore an elegant lost corner of England. Several retirees are enticed by the promise of indulgent living at a bargain price, but upon arriving, they are dismayed to find that restoration of the once sophisiticated hotel has stalled, and that such amenities as water and electricity are . . . infrequent. But what their new life lacks in luxury, they come to find, it’s plentiful in adventure, stunning beauty, and unexpected love. --penguinrandomhouse.com
Details Books Concering The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
| Original Title: | These Foolish Things |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | India |
| Literary Awards: | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2004) |
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Ratings: 3.47 From 10696 Users | 1571 ReviewsAppraise About Books The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
This book disappointed me.It was first published (in 2004) with the title Those Foolish Things. It was later renamed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel following the release in 2011 of the film with that name, which is based on it.I read the book because I had seen the film and enjoyed it, and also because unlike the film, which is mostly set in a small town in Rajasthan, the novel is set mostly in Bangalore, a city that I know quite well.Had I not seen the film first, I might have abandoned theI was actually quite disappointed with this book. I saw the film first, on a miserable rainy day, and came out totally wrapped up in the lives of the characters, and I really felt transported to India. Because I came away from the cinema with a warm glow, I was really excited to read the book, because, well books are always better than the films, right? Sadly, not in this case, and I wonder whether I would have stuck with it had I not enjoyed the film so much. It felt too messy, there were lots
Wonderfully vivid, it had me laughing in places, and feeling depressed in others but mostly it left me feeling strangely unsettled.A story about a motley crew of English senior citizens who, for a variety of different reasons, decide to move to India to spend their twilight years in what turns out to be a somewhat dilapidated 'retirement hotel'.Very depressing in places - the author pulls no punches in painting a bleak picture of what life is like for many of the UK's ageing population and
If you read this expecting it to be like the movie, you will find that it is not.Although I enjoyed the film, it was not this book. Actually I prefer to think that I read These Foolish Things and watched The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel!The names were not changed but the dynamics of the characters were all flopped around. I thought Norman, although disgusting, was an important focal point in the book. (view spoiler)[He played a minor and actually sympathetic character on screen. Douglas and Jean
This novel was just what I needed a good laugh, not because I was miserable but the last novel I finished although excellent had very serious undertones. I needed a complete change of pace which this certainly supplied.Ravi Kapoor a doctor in London is fed up with his somewhat repulsive and difficult father-in-law whom is currently living with him and his wife Pauline. He is living with them as he keeps getting thrown out of old peoples homes! No one wants him and Ravi wishes he was somewhere
Having seen the film a little while ago, I found that the book (originally entitled These Foolish Things) that it's based upon is somewhat different from the film, except that a group of elderly people decide to go to live in a retirement home in Bangalore, South India.In the film, the main characters are played by very well-known actors and this helps to differentiate between them. With the book, I had to make notes when I was being introduced to this multitude of characters, so that when they
I'm going through my fave books and posting mini-reviews of those I think others would really like. And this is one of them, about British adult children who decide the best way to get their pesky elders out of the way is to start a retirement home in India. Very funny and an excellent statement on how no one should be underestimated because of age.
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