The Man in the Wooden Hat
Second in the Old Filth trilogy. An astute, subtle depiction of marriage . . . absolutely wonderful (The Washington Post).Acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, Old Filth is a lyrical novel that recalls the fully lived life of Sir Edward Feathers. The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself.They met in Hong Kong after the war. Betty had spent the duration in a Japanese internment camp. Filth was already a successful barrister, handsome, fast becoming rich, in need of a wife but unaccustomed to romance. A perfect English couple of t…
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- ISBN: 978-1-933372-89-1
- EAN: 9781933372891
- Produktnummer: 4879829
- Verlag: Europa Editions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H21.1 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.0 cm 299 g
- Gewicht: 299
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Jane Gardam has twice won the Whitbread Award, for The Hollow Land, and Queen of the Tambourine. She is also the author of God on the Rocks, which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and most recently, Faith Fox.
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