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Edna and Genevieve Escape from Curmudgeon Avenue

por Samantha Henthorn

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Another hilarious British satire for lovers of Fawlty Towers. In this third installment of the series where our house on Curmudgeon Avenue is the delightfully snarky narrator, we are treated once again to all our favorite characters, and this time with a strong helping of tongue in cheek jokes at French customs. Genevieve “yes, of course we get fresh bread twice a day” is a hoot.
Ricky Ricketts, one of my favorite characters in the series shows up with not one but TWO pregnant girlfriends (because of course.) Everyday life moments are made extra hilarious in this work just like in the well-loved Fawlty Towers. A shopping trip to the mall with your husband where you both agree to meet in one place at an assigned time, neither can follow instructions, and don’t have your phone, TOO funny. But if this novel had to have an overall theme, it would be DUPLICITY… things may not be as they first appear. And our characters may have some unexpected twists in store. Samantha Henthorn writes with delightful humor and I’ve enjoyed each of these books whenever I need a good laugh!

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  KatKinney | Mar 3, 2022 |
This is the book I was most looking forward to reading. Book One, Curmudgeon Avenue (#1 The Terraced House Diaries) develops the characters, and tells the story in the style of "Well, it's like this now, and I'll tell you how it got that way later", which left me with lots of unanswered questions about Edna and Genevieve - although mostly about Genevieve!

Book Two, The Harold and Edith Adventures: Curmudgeon Avenue Book Two concentrates mainly on the lives of Harold and Edith, as you'd expect, but it also drops in snippets of information about Edna and Genevieve, leaving me anxious to get to Book Three, and hopefully find out what Genevieve is all about.

Throughout Books One and Two, I have quite taken against Edith's self-centred husband, Harold Goatshead, and her repugnant son, Ricky Ricketts, and hoped that a suitable fate awaited both in Book Three. I have also become deeply suspicious of Genevieve - the lady was hiding something, and I hoped that would be revealed soon, so that I could decide whether to love or loathe her. Edna and Edith, whilst chalk and cheese, both had their redeeming features, and I felt they deserved better than they were getting up to this point. Probably for all the wrong reasons, I am also rather fond of Patchouli and her daughters, Toonan and Wantha.

So now to Book Three!

Once again the cover is simple but enticing. The house, Number One Curmudgeon Avenue, continues to narrate the story, despite a lot of the action, this time, taking place in France.

The story is split between Edna and Genevieve's activities in France, and the domesticity of the occupants and visitors to Number One.

In this story we discover that Genevieve bears an uncanny resemblance to Joanna Lumley, and she (Genevieve, not Lumley) is on the run from her past. She and Edna are now in France, staying at Château Le Grincheaux, where their hosts are a Scottish couple, Diane and Jackson Bove.

There are several farcical moments concerning the Boves interactions with Edna and Genevieve. Like any other guesthouse proprietors, they are there to accommodate their guests, but not to be swamped by them. I smiled at the manner Diane firmly requested an anniversary gift to support Jackson's fib, and could imagine their brains ticking over when they thought Genevieve might have murdered Edna.

The more I learned about the self-serving Genevieve, the more I disliked her. Although I felt for Edna, I was glad when Genevieve was finally unmasked.

Back on Curmudgeon Avenue, Ricky Ricketts has a new, and very pregnant girlfriend, Gemma Hampsons. Gemma is the journalist who, in Book Two, covered the pub quiz where Harold proposed to Edith. She's a scheming little madam too, but Patchouli and Mrs Ali are onto her. And the lovesick Wantha is determined to get Ricky to come back to her.

New to Curmudgeon Avenue is the 'tall, handsome man who drives a well fancy car' who we now know to be Genevieve's adopted son, Matteo Dubois. He has bought Number Three, next door to Harold and Edith. He is having it renovated, and turned back into a shop by Ricky Rickets and his pal Harry. Matteo is aware that Mrs Ali owns 'the most popular shop in Whitefield' and that she is not pleased at the prospect of another shop competing for business in the area. Matteo has been giving the impression he will be opening a grocery store just to annoy Mrs Ali. He is in fact opening a delicatessen.

There are a few new characters and a number of threads to keep track of during this zany story, but it's worth it. Small Paul is quietly standing out as a bit of a hero.

Edna and Genevieve Escape from Curmudgeon Avenue did not end in the manner I had anticipated. The twist in this tale came out of nowhere, and left me gobsmacked.

At the end of the book there is the first chapter of Book Four, The Ghosts of Curmudgeon Avenue, which looks like being another roaring good read.

Whilst this book could be read as a standalone, I would advise readers to read the series in the order it was written, for the full background to the story and the characters. I now await Book Four...

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