Paradise Postponed |
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John Mortimer
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Pages: 448 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0140069283
Pub: Penguin Books Ltd
Pub date: 1986-04-24
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 146197
Reader Reviews:
Gentle Lampoon on England (0/0 people found this helpful)
Very charming read. Mortimer's gentle lampoon on England and many of his classic characters (country doctor, Parish Rector, new Tory, landed gentry) is a brilliant satire and a hilarious read. Combined with a nice plot and great characters it is a very nice read indeed. Character are instantly recognisable.
All abbout the decline of one and the rise of another family, linked through the Simcox family. Lots of twisting and turning some tragedy and a lot of hilarious situations.
Well crafted novel in the British tradition of gentle, but biting satire of English country life 1945 - 1985. On par with some of Waugh/Wodehouse/Somerset Maugham in my view.
If you liked the TV mini-series, you'll love the tape! (2/2 people found this helpful)
The book is good fun with considerable bite. Even as an American, I could relate to the author's lampoon of English society and politics. I use this tape as accompaniment to exercise sessions and have listened to it some half dozen times without feeling bored or impatient. The reader, Paul Shelley, who also played Fred Simcox (the younger son) in the mini-series, obviously feels a good deal of affection for the characters, and manages to convey this affection to the listener. As always, his delivery is clear, nuanced, without annoying mannersims, and each character is endowed with his own voice and personality so that the listener can drop in at any point and identify the person on whose conversation he is eavesdropping without waiting for him to be identified by the author. I heartily recommend this audiobook to anyone who needs a tape that he can listen to multiple times.
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