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Indian Summer - Will Randall

Description: ISBN 0349116784 / Genre: Travel / Author: Will Randall / Paperback / 256 Pages / Book is published 2004-02-09 by Abacus

Newest Review: ... chap. Although he was clearly touched by the experience he isn't over sentimental and despite his obvious love for the school ... more

... and the children, he doesn't use the book as a means of ranting about the injustice of it all. That said, there's still a lot of personality evident; Will Randall is a perceptive and witty guy with a good sense of humour who can't say no. However I have to say that I wasn't sure about him at first. In the opening section that covers his time in the British comprehensive school, I felt that he was a bit unfair towards some of the characters and trying too hard to be funny. However, when he gets to India we see a ...more

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Indian Summer - Will Randall: Where there's a Will.... (767 words)
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Having recently returned from the idyllic Solomon Islands, Will Randall is having terrible time teaching in an inner-city comprehensive. During a class visit to an art gallery a chance encounter with an eccentric Dutchwoman presents an opportunity to escape. The woman is Maria-Helena von Würfelwerfer and Randall agrees to be her chaperone as she travels to India to join her elderly Maharaja lover. Once Maria-Helena is safely delivered, Will finds himself in the unusual position of having nowhere in particular to go and nothing in particular to do - until he is charmed by the children of an ashram for orphans and agrees to become their English teacher. When pressure ... Read the complete review