An edition of Old Filth (1999)
Old filth
By Jane Gardam
Publish Date
2006
Publisher
Abacus
Language
eng
Pages
289
Description:
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.
subjects: Fiction, Reminiscing, Asians, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, general, Lawyers, fiction, Legal stories, English, England, fiction, English fiction, Orphelins, Romans, nouvelles, Avocats, Malaisiens, Souvenir, Hommes âgés, Histoire, Littérature britannique, Roman judiciaire, Oriental fiction (English)
Places: England, London, London (England), Asia, Chine, Hongkong, Angleterre, Malaisie occidentale