Old Filth - Hardcover

Gardam, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 070117756X ISBN 13: 9780701177560

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 2004

Synopsis

Old Filth was a 'child of the raj'. His earliest memories are of his amah, a teenage Malay girl - not of his mother who is dead, nor his father who can't cope. But very soon he is torn away from the only person who loves him, and sent to be educated at 'Home', where he is boarded out with strangers...What is the terrible secret that the children shared? What exactly happened at the farmhouse in the Lake District from which Filth is rescued by 'Sir' whose 'outfit' is one of the oddest schools in England? Old Filth is funny and heart-breaking at the same time. It is peopled with characters who astonish the reader - monsters, eccentrics, blessings in disguise. Jane Gardam has a unique understanding not only of the human heart but also of the bizarre workings of the minds of the elderly. A touch of surrealism combines with the subtle delicacy of a gifted novelist to make Old Filth a genuine masterpiece.

About this title

Review:

'The writing crackles with energy, variety, sensuous richness.' -- The Guardian, 30th July, 2005

From the Publisher:

FILTH is an international lawyer with a practice in the Far East. Only the oldest Silks and QCs can remember that his nickname stands for Failed In London Try Hong Kong. But Old Filth is not as much of a Blimp as one might imagine, and his past contains many secrets and many dark hiding places...

About this edition

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 070117756X
• ISBN 13: 9780701177560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272