Discover the Sunday Times bestselling novel that inspired the beloved film.

The book that inspired the box office hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel and Penelope Wilton

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.

But, as they soon discover, life and love can begin again, even in the most unexpected circumstances.

''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 Mail

Previously published with the title These Foolish Things.