Summary: Tells the story of the fifty-year marriage of barrister Filth and his wife Betty, which is filled with secrets and hidden desires. - (Baker & Taylor)
Booklist Reviews
"Readers who enjoyed Gardam's Old Filth (2006) will welcome her new novel. A companion and an amplification rather than a sequel, it tells much of the same story, but from a different angle. Whereas jurist Sir Edward Feathers (aka Filth, for "Failed in London, Try Hong Kong") was at the heart of the earlier work, here his wife, Betty, takes center stage, and we learn much more about their courtship and wedding in Hong Kong and their 50-year marriage. At the novel's end, we revisit Filth in old age, retired in Dorset and a widower wrestling with his past. Although the new book offers many rewards with its combination of sharp humor and deep humanity, readers who come upon it without having read Old Filth may be mystified at times. Albert Ross, for example, the dwarf who played such a pivotal role in Filth's life in the previous book, might seem an inexplicable presence here. Be sure to recommend the two books in tandem." Copyright 2009 Booklist Reviews.
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