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The Man In The Wooden Hat (Paperback)
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The Man In The Wooden Hat (Paperback)
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'It's a cliche to compare novelists to Jane Austen, but in the case
of Jane Gardam it happens to be true. Her diamond-like prose, her
understanding of the human heart, her formal inventiveness and her
sense of what it is to be alive - young, old, lonely, in love -
never fades' Amanda Craig 'Her work, like Sylvia Townsend Warner's,
has that appealing combination of elegance, erudition and flinty
wit' Patrick Gale Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) is a
successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after
the War. Reserved, immaculate and courteous, Filth finds it hard to
demonstrate his emotions. But Elisabeth is different - a free
spirit. She was brought up in the Japanese Internment Camps, which
killed both her parents but left her with a lust for survival and
an affinity with the Far East. No wonder she is attracted to
Filth's hated rival at the Bar - the brash, forceful Veneering.
Veneering has a Chinese wife and an adored son - and no difficulty
whatsoever in demonstrating his emotions . . . How Elisabeth turns
into Betty and whether she remains loyal to stolid Filth or is
swept up by caddish Veneering, makes for a page-turning plot in a
perfect novel which is full of surprises and revelations, as well
as the humour and eccentricites for which Jane Gardam's writing is
famous.
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Imprint: |
Abacus
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
Authors: |
Jane Gardam
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Dimensions: |
197 x 128 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
273 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-349-13948-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-349-13948-2 |
Barcode: |
9780349139487 |
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