A book for geezers of all ages...

...and women of the better sort (apologies to H. G. Wells) is Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson. New to our reading list (and also recommended by Charlie from Wisconsin), Major Pettigrew tells the story of a retired British army officer and his budding friendship (and perhaps more?) with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani owner of the local convenience store in one of those quirky, out-of-the-way little villages the Brits seem to have in such abundance, and is the very book for which the descriptive "delightful" was invented.