The Man in the Wooden Hat

The 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, <i>Old Filth</i> 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: <i>The Man in the Wooden Hat.</i><br><br> <i>Old Filth</i> was Eddie?s story. <i>The Man in the Wooden Hat</i> is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself.<br><br> 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.<br><br> As 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. <i>The Man in the Wooden Hat</i> 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, <i>Old Filth</i>, so compelling and so thoroughly satisfying.