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Old Filth

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Series Book 1 - Old Filth Trilogy
First in the Old Filth trilogy. A New York Times Notable Book. "Old Filth belongs in the Dickensian pantheon of memorable characters" ( The New York Times Book Review).Sir Edward Feathers has had a brilliant career, from his early days as a lawyer in Southeast Asia, where he earned the nickname Old Filth (FILTH being an acronym for Failed In London Try Hong Kong) to his final working days as a ... Read more

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First in the Old Filth trilogy. A New York Times Notable Book. "Old Filth belongs in the Dickensian pantheon of memorable characters" ( The New York Times Book Review).Sir Edward Feathers has had a brilliant career, from his early days as a lawyer in Southeast Asia, where he earned the nickname Old Filth (FILTH being an acronym for Failed In London Try Hong Kong) to his final working days as a
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The Queen of the Tambourine

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Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel of the Year: "Gardam's portrait of an insanely imaginative woman in an elusive midlife crisis is impeccably drawn" ( The Seattle Times).With prose that is vibrant and witty, The Queen of the Tambourine traces the emotional breakdown—and eventual restoration—of Eliza Peabody, a smart and wildly imaginative woman who has become unbearably isolated in her ... Read more

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Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel of the Year: "Gardam's portrait of an insanely imaginative woman in an elusive midlife crisis is impeccably drawn" ( The Seattle Times).With prose that is vibrant and witty, The Queen of the Tambourine traces the emotional breakdown—and eventual restoration—of Eliza Peabody, a smart and wildly imaginative woman who has become unbearably isolated in her
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A Long Way from Verona

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"Far more than just another coming-of-age story" from the award-winning author of the Old Filth trilogy ( Bustle).Jane Gardam's marvelous stories of young girls on the threshold of womanhood— God on the Rocks and Crusoe's Daughter—have delighted fans and critics alike. These "modern classics" are now joined by a novel that is equally fresh and genuine, comic and touching ( The Independent).Jessica ... Read more

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"Far more than just another coming-of-age story" from the award-winning author of the Old Filth trilogy ( Bustle).Jane Gardam's marvelous stories of young girls on the threshold of womanhood— God on the Rocks and Crusoe's Daughter—have delighted fans and critics alike. These "modern classics" are now joined by a novel that is equally fresh and genuine, comic and touching ( The Independent).Jessica
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The Stories of Jane Gardam

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"Pure delight . . . One perfect story after another" from the Whitbread Award–winning author of the Old Filth trilogy ( The Sunday Telegraph).From the inimitable Jane Gardam, whose Old Filth trilogy cemented her status as one of England's greatest living novelists, comes a collection of short stories that showcase her subversive wit, gentle humor, and insight into the human condition. Gardam's ... Read more

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"Pure delight . . . One perfect story after another" from the Whitbread Award–winning author of the Old Filth trilogy ( The Sunday Telegraph).From the inimitable Jane Gardam, whose Old Filth trilogy cemented her status as one of England's greatest living novelists, comes a collection of short stories that showcase her subversive wit, gentle humor, and insight into the human condition. Gardam's
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The Old Filth Trilogy

Old Fifth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends

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Series series Old Filth Trilogy
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.Emo... ... Read more

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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.Emo...
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God on the Rocks

by Jane Gardam ...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: "So charming a novel that you don't want to give away a single one of the many twists of its plot" ( The New York Times).Originally published in Great Britain in 1978, the novel describes Margaret Marsh's coming of age one summer between the world wars. Caught in the backwash of a fervently religious father, a mother bitterly nostalgic for what might have been ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: "So charming a novel that you don't want to give away a single one of the many twists of its plot" ( The New York Times).Originally published in Great Britain in 1978, the novel describes Margaret Marsh's coming of age one summer between the world wars. Caught in the backwash of a fervently religious father, a mother bitterly nostalgic for what might have been
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The Flight of the Maidens

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The Whitbread Award–winning author of the Old Filth trilogy captures a moment in time for three young women on the cusp of adulthood.Yorkshire, 1946. The end of the war has changed the world again, and, emboldened by this new dawning, Hetty Fallows, Una Vane, and Lieselotte Klein seize the opportunities with enthusiasm. Hetty, desperate to escape the grasp of her critical mother, books a solo ... Read more

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The Whitbread Award–winning author of the Old Filth trilogy captures a moment in time for three young women on the cusp of adulthood.Yorkshire, 1946. The end of the war has changed the world again, and, emboldened by this new dawning, Hetty Fallows, Una Vane, and Lieselotte Klein seize the opportunities with enthusiasm. Hetty, desperate to escape the grasp of her critical mother, books a solo
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Faith Fox

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A novel that's "brilliant on sex, brilliant on bereavement and death, brilliant on god, brilliant on dottiness" from the acclaimed author of Old Filth (A. N. Wilson, Evening Standard).The story of a motherless girl named Faith and her family and close friends, all of whom are determined to see her live a happy life.Faith's mother died in childbirth; her overworked father cannot raise his child ... Read more

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A novel that's "brilliant on sex, brilliant on bereavement and death, brilliant on god, brilliant on dottiness" from the acclaimed author of Old Filth (A. N. Wilson, Evening Standard).The story of a motherless girl named Faith and her family and close friends, all of whom are determined to see her live a happy life.Faith's mother died in childbirth; her overworked father cannot raise his child
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Crusoe's Daughter

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From the award-winning author of Old Filth. "[A] wonderfully old-fashioned novel . . . This post-Victorian charmer is an engrossing delight" ( People).In 1904, six-year-old Polly Flint is sent by her sea captain father to live with her aunts in a house by the sea on England's northeast coast. Orphaned shortly thereafter, Polly will spend the next eighty years stranded in this quiet corner of the ... Read more

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From the award-winning author of Old Filth. "[A] wonderfully old-fashioned novel . . . This post-Victorian charmer is an engrossing delight" ( People).In 1904, six-year-old Polly Flint is sent by her sea captain father to live with her aunts in a house by the sea on England's northeast coast. Orphaned shortly thereafter, Polly will spend the next eighty years stranded in this quiet corner of the
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Bilgewater

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"A quirky coming-of-age story . . . Female adolescence as imagined by one of the 20th century's best—and most peculiar—writers" ( Kirkus Reviews).Originally published in 1977, Jane Gardams Bilgewater is an affectionate and complex rendering-in-miniature of the discomforts of growing up and first love seen through the eyes of inimitable Marigold Green, an awkward, eccentric, highly intelligent girl ... Read more

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"A quirky coming-of-age story . . . Female adolescence as imagined by one of the 20th century's best—and most peculiar—writers" ( Kirkus Reviews).Originally published in 1977, Jane Gardams Bilgewater is an affectionate and complex rendering-in-miniature of the discomforts of growing up and first love seen through the eyes of inimitable Marigold Green, an awkward, eccentric, highly intelligent girl
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The Hollow Land

by Jane Gardam ...

New York Times Notable Book and Whitbread Award Winner: Tales of two boys' adventures in the English countryside from "an exquisite storyteller" ( The Seattle Times).The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and Harry, two children who find enchanting wonder at every turn as they explore the area that Bell's grandfather calls the hollow land. ... Read more

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New York Times Notable Book and Whitbread Award Winner: Tales of two boys' adventures in the English countryside from "an exquisite storyteller" ( The Seattle Times).The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and Harry, two children who find enchanting wonder at every turn as they explore the area that Bell's grandfather calls the hollow land.
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The Man in the Wooden Hat

by Jane Gardam ...

Series Book 2 - Old Filth Trilogy
Second in the Old Filth trilogy. "An astute, subtle depiction of marriage . . . absolutely wonderful" ( The Washington Post).Acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, Old Filth is a lyrical novel that recalls the fully lived life of Sir Edward Feathers. The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth ... Read more

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Second in the Old Filth trilogy. "An astute, subtle depiction of marriage . . . absolutely wonderful" ( The Washington Post).Acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, Old Filth is a lyrical novel that recalls the fully lived life of Sir Edward Feathers. The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth
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