The Man In The Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam
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 swept up by caddish Veneering, make 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.
Jane Gardam has been awarded the Heywood Hill Literary Prize for a lifetime's contribution to the enjoyment of literature; has twice won a Whitbread Award and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She was awarded an OBE in January 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349118468 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349118469 |
| Title | The Man In The Wooden Hat |
| Author | Jane Gardam |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2011-01-20 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2011, Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011 |
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