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Loading... These Foolish Things (2004)by Deborah Moggach
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Not nearly as fun nor funny, interesting nor entertaining as I'd expected. There's too much prologue-esque narrative devoted to establishing characters and the hotel itself. The plight of the seniors who live in the hotel is sadly true, not uplifting, not to me. I was expecting antics and intrigue and they were only there in pale colours. Perhaps the movie is better, but I'd pass on this one.
To be honest, Iād never heard of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (or even These Foolish Things as it was originally titled) until Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and a whole host of other famous faces made it a big screen success. Of course, with a cast like that failure isnāt really an option, but would the book live up to my high expectations after belly laughing my way through the movie? The good news is the paper version is sufficiently different to the screenplay that you donāt feel like theyāre reinventing the wheel. But the basis of the story is the same; a group of seventy-somethings who up sticks and leave the UK to spend their twilight years at the ultimate retirement home ā the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in Bangalore, Southern India. This overseas retreat might not quite live up to the OAP oasis its guests expect; but as their tales unfold and begin to intertwine, they each discover a very individual affection for their new found home and the people they encounter there. Take Norman Purse, the very definition of a dirty old man. Thrown out of countless residential homes for inappropriate behaviour he is the inspiration behind the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, set up by his long suffering son in law Ravi and Raviās cousin Sonny. Then thereās Evelyn Greenslade, a rather timid widow who has barely made a decision in her life ā until now that is. Dotty Dorothy Miller, who was born and brought up in India, and Jean and Douglas Ainslie, a āhappilyā married couple who thrive on adventure. Last but by no means least, Muriel Donnelly; one of the Marigoldās most unlikely residents. Her aversion to ādarkiesā isnāt quite as deep routed as her conviction that India will lead her to Keith - the prodigal son, on the run after some dodgy dealings went wrong. Add a few more eccentric characters to the mix, a pinch of sadness, a good helping of humour and a love interest or two and hey presto āyouāve got yourself a winner. Has the adaptation
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HTML:Now a major motion picture starring Jude Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson, and Maggie Smith. When Ravi Kapoor, an overworked London doctor, reaches the breaking point with his difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: ā??Canā??t we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away.ā? His prayer is seemingly answered when Raviā??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, itā??s plentiful in adventure, stunning beauty, and u No library descriptions found. |
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