{"product_id":"9781933372891","title":"The Man in the Wooden Hat","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook Two in Jane Gardam's Old Filth Trilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern literature. A lyrical novel that recalls his fully lived life, \u003ci\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/i\u003e has been acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, a book where life and art merge. And now that beautiful, haunting novel has been joined by a companion that also bursts with humor and wisdom: \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/i\u003e was Eddie's story. \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/i\u003e is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey met in Hong Kong after the war. Betty had spent the duration in a Japanese internment camp. Filth was already a successful barrister, handsome, fast becoming rich, in need of a wife but unaccustomed to romance. A perfect English couple of the late 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the 50-year union of two remarkable people, the novel is a triumph. \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/i\u003e is fiction of a very high order from a great novelist working at the pinnacle of her considerable power. It will be read and loved and recommended by all the many thousands of readers who found its predecessor, \u003ci\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/i\u003e, so compelling and so thoroughly satisfying.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050255139056,"sku":"9781933372891","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933372891_p0.jpg?v=1769897413","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933372891","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}