{"product_id":"last-friends-paperback","title":"Last Friends - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Gardam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gardam is an exquisite storyteller, picking up threads, laying them down, returning to them and giving them new meaning.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Gardam's highly praised trilogy that began with \u003cem\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/em\u003e, continued with \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/em\u003e, and concludes with this book tells the story of a decades-long marriage stretching from the immediate post-World War II period to the early years of the twenty-first century. \u003cem\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/em\u003e was the story of Sir Edward Feathers-so clever, so triumphantly his own man, so wounded by his dreadful childhood. \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/em\u003e was his wife Betty's story, in which the difference between marriage and romance is weighed with great subtly and understanding. In \u003cem\u003eLast Friends\u003c\/em\u003e it is Terence Veneering's turn. Filth's hated rival in court, Veneering has escaped both his unconventional upbringing and the war and later emerges in the Far East as a brilliant, handsome man of panache and fame. \u003cem\u003eLast Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable novel that brings a magnificent trilogy to an end with the deep satisfaction that only great literature provides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I don't know why Gardam isn't universally celebrated and beloved. Her prose is dazzling, and she writes with a kind \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof subdued but wicked humor.\" Lauren Groff, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Vaster Wilds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Gardam\u003c\/b\u003e is the only writer to have been twice awarded the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel of the Year. She is winner of the David Higham Prize, the Royal Society for Literature's Winifred Holtby Prize, the Katherine Mansfield Prize, and the Silver Pen Award from PEN. Her novels include: \u003ci\u003eGod on the Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Orange Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook prize, and \u003ci\u003eLast Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the Folio Award. She lives in the south of England, near the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52658263982387,"sku":"9781609450939","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/5rNLFV525o9781609450939.webp?v=1782816081","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/last-friends-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}