A review by fictionwriter
Old Filth by Jane Gardam

4.0

The story of a failed English lawyer who makes it in Hong Kong after the war. But this book is set in England and it details the life of this man as a young child and as a very old man on the brink of death. The author moves back and forth through time with incredible skill. She makes you care deeply about Old Filth while never indulging in sentimentality. As a writer,now that I've gobbled down the story, I'm tempted to re-read this paying much closer attention to the way she creates character through dialogue and action, and the way she moves in and out of points of view. Masterful.