The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Deborah Moggach
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Deborah Moggach
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Author: Deborah Moggach

Narrator: Juliet Mills

Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/13/2012

Synopsis

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: “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.

About The Author

Deborah Moggach is the author of sixteen successful novels, including the bestselling Tulip Fever, and two collections of stories. Her screenplays include Pride and Prejudice, which was nominated for a BAFTA. She lives in North London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Caren on October 14, 2012

After watching the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" recently, I noticed the title of this book in the credits. It has been re-titled with the name of the movie, but this is the original book, published in 2004. I enjoyed it just as much as I did the film, although, as others have noted, it diff......more

Goodreads review by Freda on October 30, 2016

Better than the movie! At times I felt it was so different too. I love how it was interpreted, but I do love the flow of the story more when reading it. I actually had to forget what I had seen. The characters they chose for the film seemed quite different than the book. While some I could connect the d......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on June 23, 2009

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......more

Goodreads review by Jayne on August 06, 2011

An excellent examination of the business of growing old this highly original tale centres around a retirement home set up in Bangalore with the intention of attracting British pensioners. We are introduced to a variety of characters, from the Indian operators of the home to the incoming residents an......more

Goodreads review by Ali on January 20, 2008

I am glad that finally after a very long time on mnt toobie - I have got around to reading this novel. It is a real delight, and it I have discovered a writer I had not previously read. This is a funny and touching comedy of manners set in London and Bangalore, but it has many quite profound things......more

Quotes

“[Deborah] Moggach has served us a treat with this novel. Moving, sincere, funny.”—Independent on Sunday
 
“Underneath the ironies, [The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel] is a book about remembering—too late, or not too late—how to be alive.”—The Times Literary Supplement
 
“Classic Moggach: funny, touching, and . . . full of colours and visual details.”—The Daily Telegraph

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