DEBORAH MOGGACH

After the far-flung charms of Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Deborah Moggach moves to the Welsh countryside in her hilarious new comedy. Bestseller: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel tie-in edition has sold nearly 300,000 copies The perfect follow-up: Debbie Moggach has struck gold with this brilliant ensemble piece set in the fictional rural town of Knockton and aimed straight at ''Best Exotic'' fans Energetic, well-connected author: Debbie eager to promote in press and at festivals throughout the year Maybe it wont just be the spark-plugs that ignite'': fun online marketing including YouTube sample videos of ''Courses for Divorces'' featuring key characters from the novel Possible TV series in the offing: huge and genuine interest from production companies The perfect gift for Mother''s Day

Russell «Buffy» Buffery, un act or retirado que ya ha cumplido los setenta y vive en Londres, hereda un hostal en Knockton, Gales. A pesar del encanto de la casa y del lugar es difícil cuadrar las cuentas, por lo que Buffy decide impartir cursos para personas que acaban de salir de una relación y se sienten desorientados en los temas prácticos: mantenimiento del coche, cocina, lenguaje amoroso… Después de numerosos romances, tres matrimonios fallidos y cinco hijos, Buffy se siente más que preparado para llevar adelante el negocio, y empiezan a llegar los primeros huéspedes.

El autor más vendido de El exótico Hotel Marigold y Tulip Fever está de vuelta con una novela cálida, ingeniosa y sabia acerca de los giros inesperados que luego puede traer la vida

1916, pretty young Eithne Clay runs a shabby genteel South London boarding house while her gentle, dreamy husband is off at the War. Her 14 year old son Ralph dotes on his mother, but has adolescent thoughts he'd rather hide from her. Winnie, the young maid, is a homely, goodhearted country girl, rejected by Archie, the cheeky butcher's boy before he too is called up. When the dreaded telegram arrives at the house... things turn from difficult to desperate for the two young women. The lodgers are a curious but necessary burden ndash; the Spooner family, with shell-shocked husband, sad wife and tiny, knowing daughter; Boyce Argyle, man about town and hero to young Ralph but recently missing; and blind Alwyne Flyte, communist and cynic, victim of a gas attack in the trenches. And then along comes the butcher, Neville Turk, big handsome ladies' man, irresistible for his meat, money and brutish confidence, who throws flighty Eithne into a turmoil, but has sinister plans of his own. Winnie and the blind lodger , meanwhile, conduct a strange, erotic liaison based on the fact that he can't see her... And young Ralph, ignored by his mother in favour of the butcher, looks on - feeling the undercurrents of desire, seeing more than he should (of sex, of the nightime dealings of Mr Turk, and what Flyte and Winnie get up to). All the strands come together in a shocking denouement, which turns a coward into a hero, and young Ralph into a man. They are all in the dark, with their dreams, secrets and fantasies. Electric light, new to their world, may be a boon but it reveals both grime and secrets. News of the war is never far away and casts a long shadow. Life is tough on the home front and they're all making do and working the system in different ways, sometimes comic, sometimes tragic and very human.

Todo es posible: incluso encontrar el amor en un destartalado hostal en un pueblo remoto de Gales.Ya se sabe...la vida nos tiene reservados momentos extravagantes. Si de muestra sirve un botón, ahí esta Buffy, un actor retirado que vive en un barrio de Londres plagado de restaurantes tailandeses alli donde antes servian esplendida comida inglesa. Tras enamorarse, casarse y divorciarse unas cuantas veces, el hombre se sorprende una buena mañana al descubrir que su vieja amiga Bridie le ha dejado en herencia su hotel, un caseron destartalado y perdido en un pueblo de Gales.Contra todo pronostico, Buffy decide irse y empezar una nueva vida apartado del mundanal ruido. Cargado de ilusion y poco mas, llega al pueblo decidido a triunfar, pero, a pesar del encanto de la casa y del lugar, es dificil cuadrar las cuentas, y el hombre tiene una idea genial: en su hotel se van a impartir cursos para personas que acaban de salir de una relacion y se sienten desorientados en los temas practicos: mantenimiento del coche, cocina, jardineria...e incluso un taller especializado en encontrar las palabras adecuadas para el amor. Del dicho al hecho a veces la distancia es corta, y pronto veremos asomar por las ventanas del caseron unas sonrisas picaras, que saludan a la vida mientras piden un desayuno para dos.Deborah Moggach, que ya triunfo con El exotico hotel Marigold, nos propone otra novela donde la inteligencia y el humor pueden con todo, incluso con el mal de amores.

From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel this is the thrilling book behind the film starring Judi Dench, Jack O''Connell, Christoph Waltz and Cara DelevingneSeventeenth-century Amsterdam is a city in the grip of tulip mania, basking in the wealth it has generated. Sophia''s husband Cornelis, an ageing merchant, is among those grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and as ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception, their reckless gamble propels their lives towards a thrilling and tragic conclusion.

Cuando Ravi Kapoor, un estresado médico londinense, se encuentra al borde del ataque de nervios conviviendo día y noche con su suegro, al que han expulsado del geriátrico por comportamiento poco decoroso, decide tomar una drastica decision. ¿Y si le envia lejos, muy lejos, lo mas lejos posible?Sus deseos parecen convertirse en realidad cuando su primo, el empresario hindu Sonny, le anuncia que tiene pensado abrir una casa de retiro al mas puro estilo britanico en Bangalore. No sera ni muy cara ni muy lujosa, pero los jubilados ingleses podran disfrutar del calido clima de la India y de un buen zumo de mango aderezado con unas gotas de ginebra. Ravi ve el cielo abierto y Norman, su suegro, parece dispuesto a vivir intensamente en el exotico hotel Marigold.Una comedia hilarante narrada con sensibilidad y una aguda capacidad para bucear en el alma humana, en la que las escenas mas divertidas esconden un profundo mensaje sobre las infinitas posibilidades de reinventarse, incluso en la etapa final de nuestras vidas.

Pru is on her own. But then, so are plenty of other people. And while the loneliness can be overwhelming, surely she'll find a party somewhere?'She really is the Nora Ephron of North London'Clare Chambers, author of Small PleasuresPru's husband has walked out, leaving her alone to contemplate her future. She's missing not so much him, but the life they once had - nestling up like spoons in the cutlery drawer as they sleep. Now there's just a dip on one side of the bed and no-one to fill it.In a daze, Pru goes off to a friend's funeral. Usual old hymns, words of praise and a eulogy but...it doesn't sound like the friend Pru knew. She's gone to the wrong service. Everyone was very welcoming, it was more excitement than she's had for ages. So she buys a little black dress in a charity shop and thinks, now I'm all set, why not go to another? I mean, people don't want to make a scene at a funeral, do they? No-one will challenge her - and what harm can it do?'I love clever books that make me laugh. Deborah Moggach, queen of social comedy, is on top form. Superb' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love and Everyone is Still Alive'Full of warmth and humour, as well as blistering truths' Daily Mirror

Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone.

Featuring Buffy with three ex-wives, a failing career and only his dog George for company, Buffys bachelorhood is looking worryingly confirmed. Until he meets Celeste. Dazzled by love, Buffy has no idea that Celeste is systematically researching his ex-wives, children and step-children, and unearthing secrets that will change all their lives...

When Ravi Kapoor, an over-worked London doctor, is driven beyond endurance by his disgusting and difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: ''Can''t we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away.'' His prayer seems to have been answered when his entrepreneurial cousin, Sonny, sets up a retirement home, recreating a lost corner of England in a converted guesthouse in Bangalore. Travel and set-up are inexpensive, staff willing and plentiful - and the British pensioners can enjoy the hot weather and take mango juice with their gin. These Foolish Things is a brilliant comedy of manners, mixing acute observation with a deeper message about how different cultures cope in the modern world.

Cuando Ravi Kapoor, un estresado médico londinense, se encuentra al borde del ataque de nervios conviviendo día y noche con su suegro, al que han expulsado del geriátrico por comportamiento poco decoroso, decide tomar una drastica decision. ¿Y si le envia lejos, muy lejos, lo mas lejos posible? Sus deseos parecen convertirse en realidad cuando su primo, el empresario hindu Sonny, le anuncia que tiene pensado abrir una casa de retiro al mas puro estilo britanico en Bangalore. No sera ni muy cara ni muy lujosa, pero los jubilados ingleses podran disfrutar del calido clima de la India y de un buen zumo de mango aderezado con unas gotas de ginebra. Ravi ve el cielo abierto y Norman, su suegro, parece dispuesto a vivir intensamente en el exotico hotel Marigold.Una comedia hilarante narrada con sensibilidad y una aguda capacidad para bucear en el alma humana, en la que las escenas mas divertidas esconden un profundo mensaje sobre las infinitas posibilidades de reinventarnos, incluso en la etapa final de nuestras vidas. Conmovedora, sincera, divertida, magnifica en las localizaciones, una vision autentica de lo que conlleva la vejez Independent on Sunday

Sophias husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones who grew rich dealing with the Tulip flower. To celebrate, he commissions a young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter and ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception and a reckless gamble.