Old Filth (3 books in series)
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review 1: Giving 5 stars for the whole trilogy. I bought the 2nd and 3rd books in the series (the Man in the Wooden Hat and Last Friends, respectively) in London in Hatchards book shop. Founded in 1797, It is the oldest the book shop in London ( now in two locations) and it is a delight fo...
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English
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review 1: Really a 4.5. A little emotionally anti-climactic for me after The Man in the Wooden Hat, but continues to fill in gaps and pieces of the mosaic. The focus on Veneering answers some lingering questions about the Filth--Betty-Veneering love triangle-- Veneering's youth is incredi...
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English
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review 1: Old Filth was written from the viewpoint of Edward Feathers, Old Filth. This book is written from the viewpoint of Betty, his wife. She spent WWII in a Japanese internment camp. They met in Hong Kong. There were no whistles and bells in their romance; it was a marriage of con...