num_pages: 3
description: Henry Pulling's life since his retirement from the bank has been spent in the tranquil cultivation of daliahs, with no more excitement than the local carol service, or the occasional chat with the Major next door. But when he meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in 50 years at his mother's funeral, his quiet existence is at an end.Persuaded by the wily Augusta to take a trip with her to Paris, the thoroughly convential Henry is plunges into adventures beyond his wildest dreams. As they travel across Europe, pursued by Interpol and Augusta's lover, he is unwittinglyt introduced to an underworld or pot-smoking hippies, smugglers and war criminals. And although his Aunt's revelations of her chequered career in the bedrooms of Europe shock him to the suburban core, he begins to realize that for the first time he is starting to come alive.This dramatisation by Rene Basilico for BBC Radio 4 features Charles Kay, Dame Hilda Bracket, Felix Dexter and William Hootkins.
language: English
title: Travels with My Aunt
titlecomplete: Travels with My Aunt
characters: Ercole Viscontin, Zachary Wordsworth, Monsieur Achile Dambreuse, Aunt Augusta Bertman, Henry Pulling, Mrs. Keene, Sergent Sparrow
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Comedy, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, Travel, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 14665
places: Brighton, England, Istanbul, Paraguay, London, England
publisher: Bbc Book Pub