Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson (2010)
Major Pettigrew lives in a small little English village, living a peaceful life. Finding himself lonely he finds a friend in Mrs Ali, a widower who runs the local shop. Of Pakastani heritage, Mrs Ali was born in Cambridge, while the Major, was born in Lahore, and both can see the hypocrisy of racism that underlies the families and friends attitude to their relationship.
I enjoyed it, but for me it was a 3/5 read and not a 5/5 that seems to be the majority of Amazons reviews. It was a bit slow Sunday night theatre, and I can picture the quaint little village it would be filmed in.
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