It is a wet day in Dorset, and walking to a luncheon party is Sir
Edward Feathers QC, followed by two elderly friends: his scruffy
neighbour and sparring partner, Veneering, and Fiscal-Smith, the
meanest lawyer ever to make a fortune at the Bar. Fans of Jane
Gardam's bestselling novel, OLD FILTH, will be delighted to
encounter Filth, now almost ninety, making his immaculate way to
Privilege Hill, named perhaps for the Prive-Lieges who arrived with
the Normans, but more probably for the village privies. Ranging
from a Victorian mansion converted into a home for unmarried
mothers to a wartime hospital in the middle of the Blitz, from
ghost stories to brilliant observations of love and loneliness in
their various manifestations - including, in 'Pangbourne', a woman
who falls in love with a gorilla - to reflections on the haphazard
nature of intellect and memories in 'The Last Reunion', the stories
in this collection mix Jane Gardam's trademark sardonic wit with a
delicate tenderness and a touch of the surreal.
General
| Imprint: |
Abacus
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2008 |
| Authors: |
Jane Gardam
|
| Dimensions: |
196 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-349-11845-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
0-349-11845-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780349118451 |
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