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The Feast
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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The Feast
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Summary
This summer holiday vintage classic exploring the mystery of a buried Cornish hotel invites us to solve the puzzle as detectives: perfect for Agatha Christie fans, with a dash of Richard Osman ...
'I am loving it!' Nigella Lawson
'Hilarious and perceptive ... Perfect.' Daily Mail
'Entertaining, beautifully written, and profound.' Tracy Chevalier
'Tense, touching, human, dire, and funny ... A feast indeed.' Elizabeth Bowen
'Kennedy is not only a romantic but an anarchist.' Anita Brookner
'Oh boy, what a treat; wonderfully sharp and funny ... Page-turningly good!' Lissa Evans
'So full of pleasure that you could be forgiven for not seeing how clever it is.' Cathy Rentzenbrink (foreword)
Cornwall, Midsummer 1947. Pendizack Manor Hotel is buried in the rubble of a collapsed cliff. Seven guests have perished, but is it murder, and what brought this strange assembly together for a moonlit feast before this Act of God - or Man? Over the week before the landslide, we meet the hotel guests in all their eccentric glory: and as friendships form and romances blossom, sins are revealed, and the cliff cracks widen....
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- Gerard
- 01-11-23
I liked this
Not bad at all. Of its time. Not a detective story. Reminds me a little of J B. Priestly. It’s true that the story ends with no accounting. However that is the point really. The falling cliff removes a set of characters and in doing so opens up a whole new world of possibilities for the people left behind.
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- Lord Emsworth
- 21-07-22
Unusual and brilliant
A curious hybrid that embraces various genres. It’s very compelling and beautifully narrated. A metaphysical golden age morality tale. I loved it.
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- Fliss Zakaszewska
- 01-09-23
Definitely a book 'of the time'!
Considering the start of the book, it had a super twist at the end - no spoiler alert needed. Not quite historical but set just after the end of WW2. A strange tale with (to us) strange characters that my Dad would've recognised but they had some interestingly flawed personalities.
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- Marky2Time
- 12-02-23
Long-winded so patience is required!
Briefly - the prologue of this title, excellently narrated by the brilliant Colin Mace, had me intrigued from the beginning and had me wanting to read on. It promised a mystery which never arrived, and sadly did not deliver as expected. I felt the abrupt ending required an epilogue, which also didn't arrive.
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- mgir
- 11-09-23
Absolutely wonderful
Beautifully read. I so enjoyed it. It would make a fine TV adaptation . I am casting it in my head!!!
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- R. Black
- 30-10-24
Strange and compelling tale
I really enjoyed this haunting book. Set over a week as a huge flashback from a disaster, it thoroughly explores characters and relationships as they ebb and flow. Through this exploration many themes are tackled, little mysteries resolved, human frailties and courage exposed. As it was written just after the 2nd world war its also a great insight into life and society in England then. Of course its a little slower paced than a zippy detective novel, giving more space to the above, but its not boring. I don't agree that the end was unsatisfactory, but it is a bit sudden, and you naturally want to know what happens next. But it's all the more tantalising for that. It's well read too, just enough characterisation.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-07-21
Fabulous book
This is a wonderful story, brilliantly written and narrated. I will certainly listen to it again in the future.
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- Anonymous m
- 11-09-21
The Feast
Definitely recommend. A time gone by, old fashioned characters, but really enjoyed development of the characters and the narration. I was disappointed to reach the end of the book.
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- Varied Read
- 22-10-21
Thank goodness I stuck with it!
I struggled, in the very beginning, to get into this book, and almost gave up, what a relief I didn't! I thoroughly enjoyed it. The characters were fully fleshed out and intriguing, making for an excellent story, that had me listening at every spare minute!
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- elly gausden
- 19-02-23
Unbelievably dreary
If you are a fan of Agatha Christie or golden age detective fiction you'll be seriously disappointed. Agatha Christie and her ilk rip along, giving you twists and turns, and likeable characters. There's none of that here. Dreadfully miserable, dreary, people who are universally dislikeable, doing nothing but moan.
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