Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of the many young children sent 'Home' from the East to be fostered and educated in England. Jane Gardam's novel tells his story, from his birth in what was then Malaya to the extremities of his old age. In so doing, she not only encapsulates a whole period from the glory days of British Empire, through the Second World War, to the present and beyond, but also illuminates the complexities of the character known variously as Eddie, the Judge, Fevvers,...

A 'violent experience' at the age of nine colours Jessica Vye's schooldays and her reaction to the world around her, for she has been told that she is, 'beyond all possible doubt', a born writer.

A moving, Booker-shortlisted story of a girl's coming of age

The third novel in the Old Filth trilogy

Another masterpiece from Jane Gardam and the second novel in the Old Filth trilogy.

A stunning novel, winner of the Whitbread Award, by the author of Old Filth and Last Friends.

* A brilliant, witty and moving novel about keeping the faith in extreme adversity