Old Filth

Old Filth

Jane Gardam First published 2004

About this book

The title, first of all, is an acronym, and stands for "Failed in London, Try Hong Kong." Old Filth -- or Dear Old Filth, when the story starts -- is Sir Edward Feathers, a wealthy old Englishman. As a penniless young man, Eddie Feathers left postwar London and made a magnificent fortune -- "a great stack of money" -- as a Hong Kong barrister, retiring as a judge and returning to England to live out his days.

Old Filth · 3 books

In publication order
  1. Old Filth 2004 This book
  2. The Man in the Wooden Hat 2009
  3. Last Friends 2013
All 3 in order

Subjects

  • asians
  • avocats
  • england, fiction
  • english
  • english fiction
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • histoire
  • hommes âgés
  • lawyers, fiction
  • legal stories
  • littérature britannique
  • malaisiens
  • new york times reviewed
  • orphelins
  • reminiscing
  • roman judiciaire
  • romans, nouvelles
  • souvenir