Jane Gardam's funny and wise masterpiece, reissued with a new
introduction by Nina Stibbe Filth, in his heydey, was an
international lawyer with a practice in the Far East. Now, only the
oldest QCs can remember that his nickname stood for Failed In
London Try Hong Kong. Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of
the many young children sent 'Home' from the East to be fostered
and educated in England. Jane Gardam's novel tells his story, from
his birth in what was then Malaya to the extremities of his old
age. In doing so, she not only encapsulates a whole period from the
glory days of the British Empire, through the Second World War, to
the present and beyond, but also illuminates the complexities of
the character known variously as Eddie, the Judge, Fevvers, Filth,
Master of the Inner Temple, Teddy and Sir Edward Feathers.
'Beautiful, vivid, defiantly funny' The Times 'This novel is surely
Gardam's masterpiece... On the human level, it is one of the most
moving fictions I have read in years' Guardian 'Sharp, humane,
generous and wonderfully funny, she is one of our very finest
writers' Hilary Mantel 'Old Filth has stayed with me for years... I
can't think of anyone who achieves so much with so few words'
Sathnam Sanghera
General
Imprint: |
Abacus
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2023 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Jane Gardam
|
Introduction by: |
Nina Stibbe
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 126 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-349-14526-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-349-14526-1 |
Barcode: |
9780349145266 |
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