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The People On Privilege Hill Jane Gardam

The People On Privilege Hill By Jane Gardam

The People On Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam


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Summary

* A new collection that is a masterclass in the art of the short story from Jane Gardam, bestselling author of OLD FILTH

The People On Privilege Hill Summary

The People On Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam

It is a wet day in Dorset, and walking to a luncheon party is Sir Edward Feathers QC, followed by two elderly friends: his scruffy neighbour and sparring partner, Veneering, and Fiscal-Smith, the meanest lawyer ever to make a fortune at the Bar. Fans of Jane Gardam's bestselling novel, OLD FILTH, will be delighted to encounter Filth, now almost ninety, making his immaculate way to Privilege Hill, named perhaps for the Prive-Lieges who arrived with the Normans, but more probably for the village privies.

Ranging from a Victorian mansion converted into a home for unmarried mothers to a wartime hospital in the middle of the Blitz, from ghost stories to brilliant observations of love and loneliness in their various manifestations - including, in 'Pangbourne', a woman who falls in love with a gorilla - to reflections on the haphazard nature of intellect and memories in 'The Last Reunion', the stories in this collection mix Jane Gardam's trademark sardonic wit with a delicate tenderness and a touch of the surreal.

The People On Privilege Hill Reviews

her new collection exemplifies Gardam's zest for human oddity, which she explores with characteristic empathy and humour. * LITERARY REVIEW *
Gardam's touch is deft and light...she's such a good writer...This is Jane Gardam's 16th book of fiction: may it not be her last * The Spectator *
She does fiction as it should be done, with confidence and insight -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie * Observer *

About Jane Gardam

Jane Gardam has been awarded the Heywood Hill Literary Prize for a lifetime's contribution to the enjoyment of literature. She has twice won a Whitbread Award and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her most recent novel, OLD FILTH, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2005. She was awarded an OBE in January 2009.

Additional information

GOR001192925
9780349118451
0349118450
The People On Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
2008-07-03
224
Short-listed for BBC National Short Story Award 2008 (UK)
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