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, OLD FILTH 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: THE MAN IN THE WOODEN HAT. OLD FILTH WAS EDDIE?S STORY. 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, THE NOVEL IS A TRIUMPH. THE MAN IN THE WOODEN HAT 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, OLD FILTH, SO COMPELLING AND SO THOROUGHLY SATISFYING. एडवर्ड, बेट्टी आणि व्हेनिरिंग या प्रेमाच्या त्रिकोणात, अनेक योगायोगाने भरलेल्या आणि अतक्र्य घटना घडत जातात. विश्वासघात, फसवणूक, सूड आणि प्रेम यांच्या बेमालूम मिश्रणातून तीन आयुष्यांचा प्रवास होतो. अखेर काय होते? दुस-या महायुद्धाच्या पाश्र्वभूमीवर साकारलेली जेन गार्डम यांची रहस्यमय कादंबरी. 'एक अतुलनीय!' - गॉर्डियन 'देदीप्यमान, ठाव घेणारे आणि करुणामय!' जरूर वाचावे असे. - डेली मेल 'सुंदर, सुस्पष्ट आणि निश्चितच मनोरंजक!' - द टाइम्स 'सहज, सुंदरपणे लिहिलेले आणि अनोख्या पद्धतीने सांगितलेले!' - स्पेक्टॅटर 'अलिशान!' - सन्डे टाइम्स