Enticed by advertisements for a newly restored palatial hotel and
filled with visions of a life of leisure, good weather and mango
juice in their gin, a group of very different people leave England
to begin a new life in India. On arrival they are dismayed to find
the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff more than a
little eccentric, and the days of the Raj long gone. But, as they
soon discover, life and love can begin again, even in the most
unexpected circumstances. First published with the title These
Foolish Things
"Funny, touching and so full of colours and visual details that you feel, after finishing it, as if you've already seen the movie." --"Daily Telegraph " "Moggach has served us a treat with this novel. Moving, sincere, funny, terrifying in places, it is a truthful view of old age and what it brings." --"Independent on Sunday "
