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Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam (2009, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherEuropa Editions, Incorporated
ISBN-101933372893
ISBN-139781933372891
eBay Product ID (ePID)72717452
Product Key Features
Book TitleMan in the Wooden Hat
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRomance / Historical / General, Legal, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2009
GenreFiction
AuthorJane Gardam
Book SeriesThe Old Filth Trilogy Ser.
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-295832
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Series Volume Number2
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisSecond 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 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. As a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the fifty-year union of two remarkable people, The Man in the Wooden Hat is a triumph. Fiction of a very high order from a great novelist working at the pinnacle of her considerable power, it will be read and loved and recommended by all the many thousands of readers who found its predecessor, Old Filth , so compelling and thoroughly satisfying. "Funny and affecting . . . It's remarkable."-- The New York Times Book Review "The latest occasion to celebrate Gardam . . . [a] superb novel."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR "Told with quintessentially British humor . . . Gardam's prose is witty and precise."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "It's magnificent. . . . Funny, intelligent and immensely moving."-- Kirkus Reviews, Book Two in Jane Gardam's Old Filth Trilogy The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern literature. A lyrical novel that recalls his fully lived life, Old Filth has been acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, a book where life and art merge. And now that beautiful, haunting novel has been joined by a companion that also bursts with humor and wisdom: The Man in the Wooden Hat. Old Filth was Eddie's story. 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 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. As a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the 50-year union of two remarkable people, the novel is a triumph. The Man in the Wooden Hat is fiction of a very high order from a great novelist working at the pinnacle of her considerable power. It will be read and loved and recommended by all the many thousands of readers who found its predecessor, Old Filth , so compelling and so thoroughly satisfying., 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 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. As a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the fifty-year union of two remarkable people, The Man in the Wooden Hat is a triumph. Fiction of a very high order from a great novelist working at the pinnacle of her considerable power, it will be read and loved and recommended by all the many thousands of readers who found its predecessor, Old Filth , so compelling and thoroughly satisfying. "Funny and affecting . . . It's remarkable."-- The New York Times Book Review "The latest occasion to celebrate Gardam . . . a] superb novel."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR "Told with quintessentially British humor . . . Gardam's prose is witty and precise."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "It's magnificent. . . . Funny, intelligent and immensely moving."-- Kirkus Reviews
LC Classification NumberPR6057.A623M36 2009
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