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Fresh from Los Angeles, Mrs Pearl Collingwood and her daughter Rona arrive in the frenzied no-man's-land of Heathrow airport: from the nearby village of Bedmansworth, Edward Richardson jets in and out of it faster than his marriage can tolerate. Yet precisely where village and airport overlap, there exists a world bubbling with intrigues and assignations, with wit, pathos and excitement, that all readers of Leslie Thomas will recognize as his alone.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Leslie Thomas writes a well researched novel which always has a bitter sweet element to the comedy. You may not split your sides laughing but you feel better despite the fact you could be moved to tears.
The story revolves around a collection of characters who live and / or work around Heathrow. It highlights the way in which the airport itself is a town within a town. Its also a love story that doesn't need explicitness to convey the passion, in fact its almost understated. It also highlights the way relationships can fail if they are not nurtured.
Thomas's characters are always well written and almost recognisable in real life, not real people but parts of people you know. They elicit the feeling that this is a person you could like or dislike although negative characters are rare in his books.
He also researches his subject matter well and his knowledge fits in well with my own experiences of travel by air.
Reading a Thomas book is never a disappointment and this is one of his better ones. It has a strong, realistic subject matter , strong characters and believable situations. You feel for the characters, you don't want the story to end.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Yet another Leslie Thomas classic in which he builds up his characters so expertly you feel by the end of the book that you have known them all personally! So far I have never tired of the stories I have read by this author, many of which have had me laughing aloud in bed when I have been unable to get off to sleep for one reason or another. He introduces humour so very subtly and at exactly the right situations. Loved it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
At the end of this book I felt I knew & liked these people.
14 July 1999
Format:Paperback
Leslie Thomas' love for, and interest in, the people he meets shines through in his works. I was saddened when I finished the book; I wanted to remain in touch with the town and its citizens and visitors. It was all I look for in fiction; laughter, tears, sadness and joy, in short, life as most of us live it.
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