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"I met Aunt Augusta for the first time at my mother's funeral..."

Described by Graham Greene as "the only book I have written just for the fun of it," Travels with My Aunt is the story of Hanry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel her way—winding through Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, and Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot; and breaks all currency regulations.

Hope so. From all the historical romances I've seen, any aunt with the name of Augusta is sure to be an interesting character.

I'll read maybe the first 15-20 pages tonight. Try not to go too fast :D

Yes, I saw how quickly you finished And Then there were None.

I'm read till chapter 4.

He says some of the most bizarre things.
"I found myself agreeably excited by my mother's funeral."
"That morning I had been very excited, even exhilarated, by the thought of the funeral. "
"While I washed up my lunch I was sorely tempted to wash
out the urn as well into the sink. It would serve very well for the home-made jam..." ~ So morbid of him :P

And his aunt was so matter of fact about telling him that he's actually a stepson.