The man in the wooden hat
Gardam, Jane
The man in the wooden hat / by Jane Gardam. - New York : Europa Editions , 2009 - 233 p. ; 21 cm.
The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself. They 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. As a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the 50-year union of two remarkable people.
English.
9781933372891
Lawyers ---Fiction
Marriage ----Fiction
Spouses--Fiction
Hong Kong (China)----Fiction
Hong Kong (China)---Social life and customs----Fiction
Legal stories
Love stories
PZ4.G218 PR6057.A623 / Pi3
FIC GAR
The man in the wooden hat / by Jane Gardam. - New York : Europa Editions , 2009 - 233 p. ; 21 cm.
The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself. They 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. As a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the 50-year union of two remarkable people.
English.
9781933372891
Lawyers ---Fiction
Marriage ----Fiction
Spouses--Fiction
Hong Kong (China)----Fiction
Hong Kong (China)---Social life and customs----Fiction
Legal stories
Love stories
PZ4.G218 PR6057.A623 / Pi3
FIC GAR
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