THE MAN IN THE WOODEN HAT by Jane Gardam ( 9780349139487 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE MAN IN THE WOODEN HAT

By:

Jane Gardam

Format:

Paperback

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£10.99

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£8.02

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£2.97

ISBN 10:

0349139482

ISBN 13:

9780349139487

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Publisher:

LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP

Pub. date:

6 February, 2014

Pages:

288

Description:

* A box of delights - another masterpiece from Jane Gardam and a companion novel to OLD FILTH

Synopsis:

Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War. Reserved, immaculate and courteous, Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions. But Elisabeth is different - a free spirit. She was brought up in the Japanese Internment Camps, which killed both her parents but left her with a lust for survival and an affinity with the Far East. No wonder she is attracted to Filth's hated rival at the Bar - the brash, forceful Veneering. Veneering has a Chinese wife and an adored son - and no difficulty whatsoever in demonstrating his emotions . . . How Elisabeth turns into Betty and whether she remains loyal to stolid Filth or is swept up by caddish Veneering, makes for a page-turning plot in a perfect novel which is full of surprises and revelations, as well as the humour and eccentricites for which Jane Gardam's writing is famous.

Publication:

Imprint:

Abacus

Prizes:

Short-listed for Independent Booksellers Award 2011 (UK) Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011 (UK)

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Returnable

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