The Old Filth Trilogy: Old Fifth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends (Old Filth Trilogy #1)
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- Synopsis
- The complete &“wonderfully entertaining trilogy&” about three British friends approaching their twilight years with bittersweet humor (The Washington Post). Jane Gardam&’s beloved Old Filth Trilogy—including her masterpiece, Old Filth, voted one of the 100 greatest British novels in a BBC survey; The Man in the Wooden Hat; and Last Friends—are here presented in one volume. Emotionally distant but highly successful Edward Feathers, aka Old Filth, a man who &“belongs in the Dickensian pantheon of memorable characters&” (TheNew York Times Book Review), his beautiful wife Betty, and his devilishly handsome professional rival (and Betty&’s onetime lover) Edward Veneering are the anchors of this series, with each novel focusing on a different character. Feathers was a &“raj orphan&”—children born in Far East British colonies and raised in England—while Veneering managed to get out of his fishing village-turned-industrial-town just before the German bombs dropped (and his luck has held up pretty well ever since). The three tells a bittersweet tale of enduring friendship while contending with the disappointments and consolations of age, while a once-insurmountable empire declines around them. It forms a deeply humane and often comic portrait of aging, and a reminder that the experiences we choose to take with us in our twilight years are as unpredictable as life itself. &“Her prose is so perceptive and fluid that it feels mentally healthful, exiling the noise and clutter of your mind as efficiently as a Schubert sonata. She could make actuarial tables pleasurable.&”—The New York Times Book Review &“Gardam is the best British writer you&’ve never heard of.&”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 569 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781609456443
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781609452285
- Publisher:
- Europa Editions
- Date of Addition:
- 01/18/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Jane Gardam
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Grade Levels:
- Twelfth grade
- Reading Age:
- 18 and up
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.