A review by ms_greenjeans
Old Filth by Jane Gardam

4.0

I owe the Biblioracle in the Tribune thanks for this book. There’s no way I would have known about it or even picked it up. Old Filth is a Raj orphan, whose life seems stolid and ordinary until he lets you know his story. So much pain and heartbreak and emotional coldness (JFC, the stiff upper lip of the British!) and under it all a man who wants love but doesn’t recognize it. Excellent writing and characters and would have been a great movie for Peter O’Toole.