The Good Companions The Good Companions The Good Companions is a novel by the English author J. B. Priestley. Written in 1929 (in Deal, Kent), it focuses on the trials and tribulations of a concert party in England between World War I and World War II. It is arguably Priestley's most famous novel, and the work which established him as a national figure. It won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was adapted twice into film. The novel is written in picaresque style, and opens with the middle aged, discontented Jess Oakroyd in the fictional Yorkshire town of Bruddersford. He opts to
An Inspector Calls to name a few. The film had gone on to be a huge commercial hit at the point of time, and is generally regarded as one of the best stories to have churned out of the Bengali film scenario of the 60s, a decade widely regarded as the golden age of Bengali films. There was a remake of the same movie in 2010, starring newer actors like Paoli Dam, Parambrata Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh and Sabyasachi Chakraborty in the role of Tinkori Halder or Inspector Goole. This was widely panned by critics. It was also adapted into a comedy film in