{"product_id":"the-man-in-the-wooden-hat-9781933372891","title":"The Man in the Wooden Hat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecond in the Old Filth trilogy. \"An astute, subtle depiction of marriage . . . absolutely wonderful\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical novel that recalls the fully lived life of Sir Edward Feathers. \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/em\u003e is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself.\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003eAs a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the fifty-year union of two remarkable people, \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph. 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 thoroughly satisfying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Funny and affecting . . . It's remarkable.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The latest occasion to celebrate Gardam . . .  a] superb novel.\"--Maureen Corrigan, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Told with quintessentially British humor . . . Gardam's prose is witty and precise.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's magnificent. . . . Funny, intelligent and immensely moving.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933372891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2009 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2009 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/2009 pg. 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/2009 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/29\/2009 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/06\/2009 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jane Gardam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670921965724,"sku":"9781933372891","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6103a1b5-a45d-4c77-b9f4-c5380be3d9db.jpg?v=1603923973","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-man-in-the-wooden-hat-9781933372891","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}