Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand is a fantastic book about love, friendship and prejudice at any time in life, within any social status, anywhere in the world. The character of Major Ernest Pettigrew is pretty much the stereotypical older English gentleman. He’s classy, he’s respectful, he’s neat and tidy, he’s quiet and he’s not one to ever make a scene. Enter Mrs. Jasmina Ali and her Pakistani background and ways and the Major finds his proper, sedate life turned upside down. Right from the start, there is some chemistry between Mrs. Ali and the Major but because of both cultural and class prejudices (from the townspeople, from the Major’s son Roger and even from the Major himself), Mrs. Ali leaves the town, and the Major, behind. What the Major does next leads to one of the best “adult” endings in fiction ever. Very little in this book is trite or clichéd. An excellent, mature read for all…not only for those in the twilight of their lives.
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