The Old Filth Trilogy

By Jane Gardam

Jane Gardam's beloved Old Filfth Trilogy-- her masterpiece, Old Filfth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends-- are here presented in a box set perfect for holiday gift-giving. Emotionally distant but highly successful Edward Feathers, his beautiful wife Betty, and his devilishly handsome professional rival (and Betty's one-time lover) Edward Veneering are the anchors of this series, with each novel focusing on a differenct character. Feathers was a "raj orphan"--children bown in Far East British colonies and raised in England--while Veneering's own path to legal renown is a Dickensian as his name. Filth and his circle tell a bittersweet tale of enduring friendship while contending with the disappointments and consolations of age as a once-insurmountable empire declines around them. Told with Jane Gardam's customary wit, the Old Filth trilogy is a deeply humane and often comic portrait of aging and a reminder that the experiences we choose to take with us in our twilight years are as unforgettable--and unpredictable as life itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609452283
• ISBN13: 9781609452285
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher