Bentley Browne Wins the Day

By Hugh E. Coates

This book engages the tale of a semi-retired musician and actor, Bentley Browne. In need of a change in life with showbusiness having lost a little allure, he purchases a rather run-down stately manor home in need of renovation situated in the village of Barton-on-the-Green, Hampshire.

The 240 pages of light-hearted nonsense focus on two months in mid-summer when his fourth wife, weary of noisy renovation and village life during a particularly gloomy spring, embarks on a world cruise leaving the musician to follow his own pathway. The route chosen leaves him at the mercy of village life and characters such as head gardener Rawlings, a troublesome kind with a head full of garden compost, the village policeman PC Willoughby, Hendon trained and intent on doing his duty to the manor born, close neighbour and rather noisy, self-indulgent sausage magnate and pig farmer Nigel Smethurst, the manor housekeeper Alice Clempson, a shrewd observer of life and obliged to comment, corner shop businessman Mr Patel, council official and always open to cut price offers, village entrepreneur and businessman Chuffer Rudd, The Three Mariners public house landlord Albert Jugg, a fine ale enthusiast, Syd Mitchell, lead guitarist and at present in need of urgent finance and publicity agent Maurice Gibbins, long-term business associate.

Enough said. Happy reading!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BYRFP8Q8
• ISBN13: 9798387511271
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"