The Man in the Wooden Hat

A companion novel to "Old Filth," The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of Filth's marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself. They met in Hong Kong after the war. Betty had spent the duration in a Japanese internment camp. Filth wa...

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Main Author: Gardam, Jane
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Europa Editions Inc., 2009.
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Summary:A companion novel to "Old Filth," The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of Filth's marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself. They met in Hong Kong after the war. Betty had spent the duration in a Japanese internment camp. Filth was already a successful barrister, handsome, fast becoming rich, in need of a wife but unaccustomed to romance. A perfect English couple of the late 1940s.--From Amazon.com.
Physical Description:233 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9781933372891
1933372893
Author Notes:Jane Gardam was born in North Yorkshire, England in 1928. She is the author of many children's novels that include "A Long Way from Verona" (1971). She has also written novels and collections of stories for adults that include "God on the Rocks" (1978), "Bilgewater and the Pangs of Love and Other Stories" (1983) and "The Summer After the Funeral." Her book "Groundlings" was taken from "Showing the Flag and Other Stories" (1989). Gardam's novels and stories have received many literary prizes.

(Bowker Author Biography)