by Jane Gardam · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349118406
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«Old Filth» is the historical fiction novel by Jane Gardam, published by Abacus in paperback (272 pages, in English).
The novel follows Sir Edward Feathers, nicknamed Old Filth («Failed In London Try Hong Kong»), from his birth in colonial Malaya and his childhood as a «Raj orphan» to his career as an international lawyer in Hong Kong and his old age in Dorset. The narrative alternates between past and present as it approaches the secret that marked his life.
First installment of the Old Filth trilogy and finalist for the 2005 Orange Prize.
Recommended for book clubs and for those who enjoy literary fiction and British historical novels.
Jane Mary Gardam was an English writer of children's and adult fiction and literary critic. She also penned reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph and wrote for BBC Radio. She lived in Kent, Wimbledon and Yorkshire. She won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2005.
