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"Old Filth was a 'child of the raj'. His earliest memories are of his amah, a teenage Malay girl - not of his mother who is dead, nor his father who can't cope. But very soon he is torn away from the only person who loves him, and sent to be educated at 'Home', where he is boarded out with strangers. What is the terrible secret that the children shared? What exactly happened at the farmhouse in the Lake District from which Filth is rescued by 'Sir' whose 'outfit' is one of the oddest schools in England? Old Filth is funny and heart-breaking at the same time." "It is peopled with characters who astonish the reader - monsters, eccentrics, blessings in disguise."--Jacket
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Old Filth, Jane Gardam
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Old Filth
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jane Gardam
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 070117756X
- ISBN13
- 9780701177560
- Series
- Old Filth
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love, Family, Friendship, British Literature, Death, England, Marriage, Loss, Childhood, Lawyers, Empire, Judges, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Empire Style
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- "Old Filth was a 'child of the raj'. His earliest memories are of his amah, a teenage Malay girl - not of his mother who is dead, nor his father who can't cope. But very soon he is torn away from the only person who loves him, and sent to be educated at 'Home', where he is boarded out with strangers. What is the terrible secret that the children shared? What exactly happened at the farmhouse in the Lake District from which Filth is rescued by 'Sir' whose 'outfit' is one of the oddest schools in England? Old Filth is funny and heart-breaking at the same time." "It is peopled with characters who astonish the reader - monsters, eccentrics, blessings in disguise."--Jacket