Ebook {Epub PDF} The Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam

The Man in the Wooden Hat is not truly a sequel to Old Filth but rather a complement to it. It covers much of the same terrain, and while the focus is more on Elizabeth ('Betty') than Old Filth himself (Eddie Feathers) -- at least until the last section, after her death -- it further enhances the portraits of both figures (while still leaving aspects murky); the two books belong together, and should certainly be enjoyed Author: Jane Gardam. The Man in the Wooden Hat is the companion piece to Jane Gardam’s wonderful novel Old Filth, about Sir Edward Feathers, a Raj orphan who becomes first a highly regarded barrister in Hong Kong and then an important judge at Home (England). This second book is from the perspective of Sir Edward’s wife, Betty (Elisabeth Macintosh)/5(K).  · The Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam. Jane Gardam paints an affectionate portrait of marriage, says Olivia Laing. Olivia Laing. Sat 5 Sep EDT. I n The Man in the Wooden Hat, Jane Author: Olivia Laing.

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Like the great British wits her writing recalls, Jane Gardam has a talent for picking names. “The Man in the Wooden Hat” features the fastidious Sir Edward Feathers, an expatriate judge known. The Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam. Jane Gardam paints an affectionate portrait of marriage, says Olivia Laing. Olivia Laing. Sat 5 Sep EDT. I n The Man in the Wooden Hat, Jane. The relationship of the hat to the wooden man, the wooden man to "a thickset troll" who exercises a quasi-magical power over the protagonists perfectly exemplifies Jane Gardam's poetic method.