Download or read book Notwithstanding written by Louis de Bernières and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Bernières' recollections of the village he grew up in, Notwithstanding is a funny and moving depiction of a charming vanished England.