(PDF) Last Friends (Old Filth Trilogy)
Copy Link to Download : https://site.bookcenterapp.com/YUMPU/1609450930 Book Synopsis 20The satisfying conclusion to Gardam17s Old Filth trilogy offers exquisite prose, wry humor, and keen insights into aging and death21 (The New Yorker).While Old Filth introduced readers to Sir Edward Feathers, his dreadful childhood, and his decades-long marriage, The Man in the Wooden Hat was his wife Betty17s story. Last Friends is Terence Veneering17s turn. His beginnings were not those of the usual establishment grandee. Filth17s hated rival in court and in love is the son of a Russian acrobat marooned in the English midlands and a local girl. He escapes the war and later emerges in the Far East as a man of panache and fame. The Bar treats his success with suspicion: where did this handsome, brilliant Slav come from? This exquisite story of Veneering, Filth, and their circle tells a bittersweet tale of friendship and grace and of the disappointments and consolations of age. They are all, finally, each other17s last friend as this magnificent series ends with the deep and abiding satisfaction that only great literature provides.20[Gardam17s] prose sparkles with wit, compassion and humor. She keeps us entertained, and she keeps us guessing. Be thankful for her books. Be thankful for this trilogy, which is ultimately an elegy, created with deep affection.2113The Washington Post20Restores us to an era rich in spectacle and bristling with insinuation and intrigue. Vivid, spacious, superbly
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20The satisfying conclusion to Gardam17s Old Filth trilogy offers exquisite prose, wry humor, and keen insights into aging and death21 (The New Yorker).While Old Filth introduced readers to Sir Edward Feathers, his dreadful childhood, and his decades-long marriage, The Man in the Wooden Hat was his wife Betty17s story. Last Friends is Terence Veneering17s turn. His beginnings were not those of the usual establishment grandee. Filth17s hated rival in court and in love is the son of a Russian acrobat marooned in the English midlands and a local girl. He escapes the war and later emerges in the Far East as a man of panache and fame. The Bar treats his success with suspicion: where did this handsome, brilliant Slav come from? This exquisite story of Veneering, Filth, and their circle tells a bittersweet tale of friendship and grace and of the disappointments and consolations of age. They are all, finally, each other17s last friend as this magnificent series ends with the deep and abiding satisfaction that only great literature provides.20[Gardam17s] prose sparkles with wit, compassion and humor. She keeps us entertained, and she keeps us guessing. Be thankful for her books. Be thankful for this trilogy, which is ultimately an elegy, created with deep affection.2113The Washington Post20Restores us to an era rich in spectacle and bristling with insinuation and intrigue. Vivid, spacious, superbly
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