Reader recommendation: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
February 18, 2011
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson, set in an English village reminiscent of Miss Marple’s St. Mary Mead, is a witty and endearing departure from the sex and violence of most current fiction, but with enough of a gentle nod to both to make it an entirely contemporary read.