Jane Gardam's Old Filth Trilogy Boxed Set

Jane Gardam's beloved Old Filth Trilogy -- her masterpiece, Old Filth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends -- are here presented in a box set perfect for holiday gift-giving. Emotionally distant but highly successful Edward Feathers, his beautiful wife Betty, and his devilishly handsome professional rival (and Betty's one-time lover) Edward Veneering are the anchors of this series, with each novel focusing on a different character. Feathers was a "raj orphan"-- children born in Far East British colonies and raised in England -- while Veneering's own path to legal renown is as Dickensian as his name. Filth and his circle tell a bittersweet tale of enduring friendship while contending with the disappointments and consolations of age as a once-insurmountable empire declines around them. Told with Jane Gardam's customary wit, the Old Filth trilogy is a deeply humane and often comic portrait of aging and a reminder that the experiences we choose to take with us in our twilight years are as unforgettable -- and unpredictable -- as life itself.