- Fiction, Reminiscing, Asians, New York Times reviewed
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.
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Contemplative, nostalgic, character-led and cool.
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Jane Gardam
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 289
- Publisher
- Europa, dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- und, English, French, German
- ISBN
- 9781609450175
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