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| Original Title: | These Foolish Things |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | India |
| Literary Awards: | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2004) |
Deborah Moggach
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.47 | 10696 Users | 1571 Reviews
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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 |
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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.
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I watched the movie adaptation of this book and loved it. At the time, I had no idea it was based on a book. Browsing during my library book sale I came across this book and snatched it up. Where it sat for months and months. So now, I'm trying to read the books I own and picked this up. What a fun read. I love reading anything about India and Indian culture. Obviously a bit different from the movie version, but I enjoyed both.The story follows a number of elderly people who have it rough in theHaving 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
The last book I read about Brits mixin' it up with the people of India was A Passage to India. That story involved false accusations, bad behavior, and a whole lot of characters I wanted to punch.Everyone manages to mind their manners in this book, and many of the characters are genuinely likeable - even the ever-randy Norman Purse, who's been more than a wee bit frisky since his prostate operation. Norman's the guy who basically gets the ball rolling in this book when he moves in with his
This book caused me actual, literal pain.The jacket describes it as the story of Dr. Ravi Kapoor, a Brit whose desire to oust his lecherous, disgusting father-in-law from his home leads to his concocting the idea of setting up a retirement home for expats in India. A "brilliant comedy of manners" is supposed to ensue.Well, it never comes. Dr. Kapoor appears only to bookend the story. The rest of it follows the lives of a bunch of racist old white people, doggedly thinking their dreadful racist
This was a quick and engaging read, in a captivating setting, but it really seemed like it contained far too many missed opportunities to Say Something. I have a sneaking suspicion I'll like the movie better than the novel, which almost never happens. The book includes a number of closely intertwined story lines about a number of Britishers seeking to spend their final days in a relatively shoddy retirement home in Bangalore, India. There are also some stories revolving around family members and
Deborah Moggach's The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (originally a different title) was the basis for the famous movie of the same name. Many mention that apart from the basic premise and the names of some of the characters, the book and film are quite different. I think this is true - though the theme - of getting old and how the elderly are valued - is a common theme between film and book - as are motifs of regret, friendship, reconciliation and second chances. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is
I thoroughly enjoyed this book - as usual, it went much more into each character's personality and back story than the movie did. I have visited Bangalore on business, but even before that, I have had a foreigner's infatuation with all things Indian. I think the readers who were offended by this book did not realize that the author was trying to portray the events through her elderly characters sonewhat ignorant and bigoted perspectives, not her own, and certainly did not assume the reader
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