E-audiobook
Major Pettigrew's last stand a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307712875 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0307712877 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 9780307712851 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0307712850 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: [Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 13:08:57. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Peter Altschuler. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 188973 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Country life -- England -- Fiction Retirees -- Fiction Widowers -- Fiction Widows -- Fiction Pakistanis -- England -- Fiction Interracial friendship -- Fiction |
| Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. Love stories. |
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- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2010 June
Life in the English village of Edgecombe St Mary is predictably picturesque and provincial Local resident Major Ernest Pettigrew is a man of conscience and strong opinions, a man whose good acts are born of good breeding and good manners When his younger brother dies suddenly, 67-year-old widower Pettigrew's quiet country life is disrupted Narrator Peter Altschuler is stuffy, gruff, and completely endearing as the Major wrestles with his grief over losing his brother, his conflicted responses to his clueless son, his covetousness for a pair of valuable guns, and his unexpected feelings for his neighbor, Mrs Jasmina Ali Helen Simonson's droll comments on family, religion, small-town small-mindedness, and intercultural romance combined with Altschuler's wry, amusing performance transports listeners directly into the English countryside SJH (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2009 December #2
Set-in-his-ways retired British officer tentatively courts charming local widow of Pakistani descent.Shortly after being informed that his younger brother Bertie has suddenly passed away from a coronary, Maj. Ernest Pettigrew answers his door to find Mrs. Ali, proprietress of his village food shop. She's on an errand, but when she steps in to help the somewhat older man during a vulnerable moment, something registers; then they bond over a shared love of Kipling and the loss of their beloved spouses. Their friendship grows slowly, with the two well aware of their very different lives. Though born in England, Mrs. Ali is a member of the Pakistani immigrant community and is being pressured by her surly, religious nephew Abdul Wahid to sign over her business to him. The major belongs to a non-integrated golf club in their village and is girding himself for a messy battle with his sister-in-law Marjorie over a valuable hunting rifle that should rightfully have gone to him after Bertie's death. He also must contend with his grown son Roger, a callow, materialistic Londoner who appears in the village with a leggy American girlfriend and plans to purchase a weekend cottage for reasons that seem more complex than mere family unity. Add to that a single mum with a small boy who bears a striking resemblance to Abdul Wahid, and you have enough distractions to keep the mature sweethearts from taking it to the next level. But the major rallies and asks Mrs. Ali to accompany him to the annual club dance, which happens to have an ill-advised "Indian" theme. The event begins magically but ends disastrously, with the besotted major fearing he has lost his love forever. His only chance at winning her back is to commit to a bold sacrifice without any guarantees it will actually work. Unexpectedly entertaining, with a stiff-upper-lip hero who transcends stereotype, this good-hearted debut doesn't shy away from modern cultural and religious issues, even though they ultimately prove immaterial. Copyright Kirkus 2009 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
